On this day …
February 1, 2015
- In 1861, Texas seceded from the United States.
- In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- In 1893, Thomas Edison finished construction of the first motion picture studio in West Orange, N.J.
- In 1918, Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar, becoming the last major country to do so.
- In 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operations.
- In 1946, Norway’s Trygve Lie was selected as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- In 1964, The Beatles had their first No. 1 hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
- In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years in exile.
- In 1994, Green Day released their album Dookie, which eventually was certified 20 times platinum.
- In 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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