Today in History (1st February): Events: 772 - Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella. 1539 - Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty 1587 - Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 1669 - French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion 1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty 1788 - 1st steamboat patent issued. 1793 - France declares war on Great Britain and Netherlands 1793 - Patent granted for oiled silk & linen 1809 - Dutch adopts metric system 1861 - Texas becomes the 7th state to secede from the US amid civil war. 1864 - 2nd German-Danish war begins 1864 - Austrian and Prussian occupy Schleswig-Holstein 1893 - Thomas Edison establishes worlds 1st movie studio 1910 - Worlds 1st employment exchange opens in Britain. 1918 - Russia adopts Gregorian calender 1920 - 1st commercial armored car introduced 1924 - British government recognizes USSR 1937 - Stapleton, Staten Island becomes first country with customs-free port 1940 - Russia begins offensive against Finland 1946 - Republic of Hungary proclaimed. 1948 - Federation of Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates 1951 - 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated 1951 - 1st telecast of atomic explosion 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1958 - 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched 1958 - Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 1959 - Swiss men vote against voting rights for women 1970 - West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract 1972 - 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced. 1972 - Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Malaysia. 1974 - Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory. 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test 1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1984 - China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations 1984 - Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed on 3rd March). 1994 - Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean 2005 - Nepal King Gyanendra exercises Coup détat to capture the democracy becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. 2005 - Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-gender marriage. 2013 - Zenit-3SL, a Ukranian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Birth: 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia. 1956 - Brahmanandam, Indian actor 1958 - Jackie Shroff, Indian actor 1971 - Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer 1981 - Graeme Smith, South African cricketer 1982 - Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer.
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