February 1
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- 1896 - The opera La bohème premieres (Turin).
- 1968 - General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
- 1978 - Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Births
- 1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
- 1948 - Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
Deaths
- 1851 - Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
- 1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
- 2002 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
- 2005 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
notes
- 1851 - Paul Fort Paul Fort (February 1, 1872 - April 20, 1960) was a French poet.
- 1851 - Alessandro Blasetti
- 1851 - Hans Richter (artist)
- 1851 - Raoul Hausmann
- 1851 - Piet Mondrian
- 1851 - Eddie Adams (photographer)
- 1851 - Thomas Cole
- 1851 - Mario Bellini
- 1851 - Jacques Kets
- 1851 - Ada "Bricktop" Smith
- 1851 - Laurent Garnier
- 1851 - Francis James Child
- 1851 - David Antin
- 1851 - Johan Huizinga
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