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1709 : Alexander Selkirk rescuedOn February 1st, 1709, after four years spent alone on the island of Juan Fernandez off the coast of Chile, Alexander Selkirk was rescued by a privateering ship piloted by the buccaneer William Dampier. Alexander Selkirk inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. |
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1793 : France declared war on England and HollandOn 1 February 1793, revolutionary France declared war on Great Britain and Holland. After some setbacks, the Army of the Republic, strengthened and reorganized, turned back the invaders. |
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1814 : Eruption of the Mayon VolcanoOn 1 February 1814, in the province of Albay in the Philippines, an eruption of the Mayon volcano occured, killing 2200 people. The Mayon Volcano is a stratovolcano, cone shaped and almost perfectly symmetrical. |
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1896 : Première of La BohèmeOn February 1st, 1896, the première of Puccini's opera La Bohème was held in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. |
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1978 : Roman Polanski fled the United StatesOn February 1, 1978, Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. |
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2003 : Explosion of the Space Shuttle ColumbiaOn 1 February 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was disintegrated during its reentry in the Earth's atmosphere, killing its seven crew members. The thermal protection system of the shuttle was damaged by a piece of insulating foam dislodged during takeoff. |
Novità del giorno : 01 Febbraio
National Freedom Day On February 1st, we commemorate the signing by Abraham Lincoln of the resolution of the U.S. Congress abolishing slavery in 1865. |
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Abolition of slavery on Mauritius On February 1st, we commemorate the abolition of slavery on Mauritius by the British government in 1835. |
Citazione del giorno : 01 Febbraio
Daniel Defoe Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. |
Compleanni : 01 Febbraio
William Davenport, Mago americano (1841) | |
Victor Herbert, Compositore irlandese (1859) | |
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, Primo Ministro del Canada (1882) | |
John Ford, Regista (1894) | |
Denise Robins, Romanziere britannica (1897) | |
Clark Gable, Attore americano (1901) | |
Langston Hughes, Scrittore americano (1902) | |
Emilio Gino Segrè, Fisico, premio Nobel (1905) | |
Muriel Spark, Scrittrice scozzese (1918) | |
Stuart Whitman, Attore americano (1928) | |
Shahabuddin Ahmed, Presidente del Bangladesh (1930) | |
Iajuddin Ahmed, Presidente del Bangladesh (1931) | |
Boris Yeltsin, Presidente della Federazione Russa (1931) | |
Don Everly, Musicista americano (Everly Brothers) (1937) | |
Claude François, Cantante francese (1939) | |
Joe Sample, Pianista jazz americano (1939) | |
Mike Brant, Cantante israeliano (1947) | |
Jackie Shroff, Attore indiano (1958) | |
Daniel Tani, Astronauta americano (1961) | |
Sherilyn Fenn, Attrice americana (1965) | |
Brandon Lee, Attore americano (1965) | |
Stéphanie Grimaldi, Principessa di Monaco (1965) | |
Meg Cabot, Scrittrice americana (1967) | |
Lisa Marie Presley, Cantante e attrice (1968) | |
Gabriel Batistuta, Calciatore argentino (1969) | |
Brian Krause, Attore americano (1969) | |
Michael C. Hall, Attore americano (1971) | |
Jill Kelly, Attrice porno americano (1971) | |
Katerina Thanou, Atleta greca (1975) | |
Juan Silveira dos Santos, Calciatore brasiliano (1979) | |
Otilino Tenorio, Calciatore ecuadoriano (1980) | |
Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Ciclista belga (1983) |
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Mary Shelley, Scrittore inglese (1851) | |
George Gabriel Stokes, Fisico irlandese (1903) | |
Philip Francis Nowlan, Scrittore di fantascienza (1940) | |
Clinton Davisson, Fisico americano, premio Nobel (1958) | |
Buster Keaton, Attore americano (1966) | |
Werner Heisenberg, Fisico tedesco, premio Nobel (1976) | |
George Whipple, Scienziato americano, premio Nobel (1976) | |
Alva Myrdal, Politico e diplomatico svedese, Nobel per la pace (1986) | |
Michael Philip Anderson, Astronauta americano (2003) | |
David Brown, Astronauta americano (2003) | |
Kalpana Chawla, Astronauta indiana-americana (2003) | |
Laurel Clark, Astronauta americana (2003) | |
Rick D. Husband, Astronauta americano (2003) | |
Willie McCool, Astronauta americano (2003) | |
Ilan Ramon, Astronauta israeliano (2003) | |
May O'Donnell, American ballerina e coreografa (2004) |
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