February 1st in History
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.
