1st February Day Of History
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| 1st February Day Of History |
1st February Day Of History
February 1: Feast day of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Western Christianity); Black History Month begins in North America; Fajr decade begins in Iran; National Freedom Day in the United States
- 1662 – Sino-Dutch conflicts: The Dutch East India Company's rule in Taiwan ended after a siege by Ming loyalist Koxinga, who established the Kingdom of Tungning on the island.
- 1884 – The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to Ant, was published.
- 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (pictured) returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the U.S.-backed Pahlavi dynasty.
- 2003 – All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.
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