Born on February 1
February 1 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 1, you share a birthday with Boris Yeltsin, Clark Gable and Leymah Gbowee. February 1 babies are Aquarius, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 1
- 1931Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia
- 1901Clark Gable, American actor
- 1972Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist
- 1894John Ford, American director and producer
- 1902Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright
- 1994Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter and actor
- 1905Emilio Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1874Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
- 1884Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author
- 1969Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
What happened on February 1
- 1327Fourteen-year-old Edward III was crowned King of England, but with the country ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
- 1884The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.
- 1893Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- 1895Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
- 1896Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.
- 1897Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
- 1924Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
- 1942Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
- 1946Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
- 1972Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.
- 2004During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.
- 2009Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland.
Also observed on February 1
- Air Force Day (Nicaragua)
- Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)
- Foundation Day (of the Ryukyu Kingdom, celebrated in Okinawa Prefecture)
- Heroes Day (Rwanda)
- Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
- National Freedom Day (United States)
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 1?
People born on February 1 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 1?
Boris Yeltsin (1931), Clark Gable (1901), Leymah Gbowee (1972), John Ford (1894), Langston Hughes (1902), Harry Styles (1994) were all born on February 1.
What happened on February 1 in history?
Among other things: in 1972, Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status; in 2004, During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting; in 2009, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 1?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 1 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 1”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.