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1709 : Alexander Selkirk rescued


On 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.

1793 : France declared war on England and Holland


On 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.

1814 : Eruption of the Mayon Volcano


On 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.

1896 : Première of La Bohème


On February 1st, 1896, the première of Puccini's opera La Bohème was held in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

1978 : Roman Polanski fled the United States


On 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.

2003 : Explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia


On 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.
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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