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The following events took place on February 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 56 events. Showing 31 - 56.

• 1968

  Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
• 1968

  Canada’s three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• 1968

  The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
• 1972

  Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• 1974

  A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
• 1974

  Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
• 1978

  Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
• 1979

  The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 1982

  Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
• 1989

  The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
• 1990

  Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu.
• 1991

  A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
• 1992

  The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
• 1993

  Gary Bettman becomes the NHL’s first commissioner
• 1994

  Punk rock band Green Day releases their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
• 1996

  The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• 1998

  Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
• 2001

  Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory.
• 2002

  Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
• 2003

  Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
• 2004

  251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
• 2004

  Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
• 2005

  King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
• 2009

  The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country’s first female prime minister and the world’s first openly LGBT head of government.
• 2012

  At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.
• 2013

  The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

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