February 1st, 1946

Born on February 1st, 1946

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What happened on February 1st, 1946?

February 1st, 1946

The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Hungary)

What else 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.

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

Born on February 1st, 1946

78

Josep Pesarrodona

Road bicycle racer

*February 1st, 1946, Sant Salvador de Guardiola

65

Elisabeth Sladen

English actress

*February 1st, 1946, Liverpool †April 19th, 2011, Southall

78

Jakob Mattner

German sculptor and painter

*February 1st, 1946, Lübeck

78

Bart Braverman

American actor

*February 1st, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Ahmet Nazif Zorlu

Turkish entrepreneur

*February 1st, 1946, Denizli Province

71

Carol Neblett

American soprano

*February 1st, 1946, Modesto †November 23rd, 2017, Los Angeles

70

Curt Hofstad

American politician (1946-2016)

*February 1st, 1946, Devils Lake †June 18th, 2016

Same Day
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, London

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

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

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

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

100

Cilli Wang

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

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

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

80

Petru Popescu

Romanian-born American writer

*February 1st, 1944, Bucharest

77

Normie Rowe

Australian singer and entertainer

*February 1st, 1947, Melbourne

70

Waltraud Kretzschmar

German handball player

*February 1st, 1948, Lehnin †February 7th, 2018, Schöneiche bei Berlin

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

77

Francesc Bellmunt

Film director

*February 1st, 1947, Sabadell

55

Jean-Marc Lelong

French cartoonist

*February 1st, 1949, Tours †February 24th, 2004, Tours

67

Jackie Shroff

Indian film actor

*February 1st, 1957, Mumbai

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

68

Ferruccio Mazzola

Italian footballer and manager (1945-2013)

*February 1st, 1945, Turin †May 7th, 2013, Rome

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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