February 1st, 1934

Born on February 1st, 1934

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What happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, which deposed the democratically-elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and sparked nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

February 1st, 1884

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Born on February 1st, 1934

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

87

Pertti Nättilä

Finnish television actor and director

*February 1st, 1934, Vyborg †October 16th, 2021, Pirkkala

90

Nicolae Breban

Romanian writer

*February 1st, 1934, Romania

87

Heinrich Magirius

German art historian (1934-2021)

*February 1st, 1934, Dresden †June 13th, 2021, Radebeul

85

Bob Shane

American musician

*February 1st, 1934, Hilo †January 26th, 2020, Phoenix

82

Hartmut Kreikebaum

German university teacher

*February 1st, 1934 †July 1st, 2016

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Who's birthday is on February 1st?

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

92

Teresa Mattei

Italian partisan and politician (1921-2013)

*February 1st, 1921, Genoa †March 12th, 2013, Lari

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

59

Lélia Gonzalez

Brazilian activist

*February 1st, 1935, Belo Horizonte †July 10th, 1994, Rio de Janeiro

89

Hussain Muhammad Ershad

President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990

*February 1st, 1930, Dinhata †July 14th, 2019, Dhaka

99

Alfred Grosser

German-born French academic

*February 1st, 1925, Frankfurt

81

Iajuddin Ahmed

Former president of Bangladesh (1931-2012)

*February 1st, 1931, Munshiganj District †December 10th, 2012, Bangkok

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

85

Fritjof Capra

American physicist (*1939)

*February 1st, 1939, Vienna

65

Langston Hughes

American writer and social activist

*February 1st, 1902, Joplin †May 22nd, 1967, New York City

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Born in 1934

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

34

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

82

Alois Mock

Austrian politician (1934-2017)

*June 10th, 1934, Euratsfeld †June 1st, 2017, Vienna

82

Leonard Cohen

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (1934–2016)

*September 21st, 1934, Montreal †November 7th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

81

Garry Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

*November 13th, 1934, The Bronx †July 19th, 2016, Burbank

84

Jessy Rameik

German actor, singer and voice actor

*April 18th, 1934, Riga †August 31st, 2018, Berlin

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

89

Sophia Loren

Italian actress

*September 20th, 1934, Rome

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

83

Norbert Kunisch

German classical archaeologist

*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford

83

Bernd Maydell

German jurist (1934-2018)

*July 19th, 1934, Tallinn †May 3rd, 2018, Sankt Augustin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1934 is a normal year and no leap year.

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