On this day …
February 1, 2018
- In 1327, teenager Edward III was crowned king of England.
- In 1861, Texas seceded from the Union.
- In 1893, construction was completed on America’s first “movie studio,” Thomas Edison’s Black Maria in West Orange, N.J.
- In 1918, Russia was among the last of the world’s nations to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
- In 1946, Trygve Lie was named United Nations Secretary-General.
- In 1964, The Beatles had their first No. 1 hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
- In 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry, killing all seven crew members.