February 1st in History

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February 1st in History

1790: Supreme Court convenes for the first time
1965: Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1991: South African president F W de Klerk says he would repeal all apartheid laws

February 1st birthdays

1872: Paul Fort, French poet.
1895: John Ford, American director.
1901: Clark Gable, American actor.
1902: Langston Hughes, American poet.
1931: Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician.