Saturday, February 01, 2025

History for February 1

History for February 1 - On-This-Day.com  
Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999
  • 1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.
  • 1793 - France declared war on Britain and Holland.
  • 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."
  • 1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published
  • 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.
  • 1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.
  • 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

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