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2016 (Monday) 2015 (Sunday) February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 in leap years ).
February 1: Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland; the Fajr decade begins in Iran; Black History Month begins in Canada and the United States. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. 1329 – The Teutonic Knights successfully besieged the hillfort of Medvėgalis in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptised the defenders in the Catholic rite.
February 12: Red Hand Day; Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2024) Edvard Munch's The Scream. 1691 – A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII. 1924 – George Gershwin 's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.
1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. [ 8 ] 1801 – United States presidential election : A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by ...
1956 - Death of Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871) 1966 - The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. 1985 - Death of Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912) February 4: 1508 - Death of Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)
January 24. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 341 days remain until the end of the year (342 in leap years ).
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
Roberta Bangle. Elizabeth Locke, celebrated for her 19-karat gold craftsmanship, love of micromosaic pieces, and affinity for colorful gemstones, embraces the amethyst trend with several eye ...