Sunday, February 01, 2015

History for February 1


History for February 1 - On-This-Day.com:
John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney) 1894 - Director, Clark Gable 1901 - Actor ("It Happened One Night", "Gone with the Wind"), Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999 


Garrett Morris 1937 - Actor, comedian, Don Everly 1937 - Singer (The Everly Brothers), Sherman Hemsley 1938 - Actor ("The Jeffersons") 


Lisa Marie Presley 1968 - Musician, daughter of Elvis Presley 


1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly." 


1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. 


1898 - The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, CT, issued the first automobile insurance policy. Dr. Truman Martin of Buffalo, NY, paid $11.25 for the policy, which gave him $5,000 in liability coverage. 


1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera. 


1913 - Grand Central Terminal (also known as Grand Central Station) opened in New York City, NY. It was the largest train station in the world. 


1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City. 


1920 - The first armored car was introduced. 


1958 - The United Arab Republic was formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961. 


1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter. 


1994 - Jeff Gillooly pled guilty in Portland, OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding. 


1999 - Former White House intern , Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against U.S. President Clinton. 

Monica Lewinsky

  • Monica Samille Lewinsky is a former White House intern with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had what he called an "inappropriate relationship" while she worked at the White House (21 years old!in 1995 and 1996. Born: Jul 23, 1973

2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

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