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The STS-107 crew includes, from the left, Mission Specialist David Brown, Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla and Michael Anderson, Pilot William McCool and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon. (NASA photo)
1 February 1411
The Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights signs Torun’s First Peace Treaty.
1 February 1713
King Charles of Sweden is held at Bender, Moldavia, in 1713 by order of the Ottoman sultan.
1 February 1793
France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in 1793, during the Wars of the French Revolution.
1 February 1861
Texas declares independence from the United States in 1861, during the American Civil War.
1 February 1862


In Nafplio, a rebellion against First King of Greece after independence Otto’s power breaks out in 1862.
1 February 1865
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
1 February 1893
The first film studio in New Jersey is created by Thomas Edison in 1893
1 February 1908
Prince Louis Philippe of Portugal was murdered together with his father, King Charles I, in 1908.
1 February 1924


The United Kingdom officially recognises the Soviet Union in 1924.
1 February 1942
Axis-controlled territories are the focus of the first special broadcasts of Voice of America, the official US government radio and television station, in 1942.
1 February 1946
Hungary’s parliament abolished the monarchy in 1946 and declared independence for the first time in over a millennium.
1 February 1968
Canadian Armed Forces were formed in 1968 when the Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and Canada’s air force merged into one military organization.
1 February 1979
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran in 1979 after a nearly 15-year exile abroad.
1 February 2003


At the end of the STS 107 mission, the Columbia space shuttle (OV 102 Columbia) burns and get destroyed in the atmosphere above Texas, USA, killing all seven of its passengers.
1 February 2021
When Aung San Suu Kyi is ousted from office in Myanmar in 2021, the military takes control of the country.
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