What happened today in history?
February 1st:
1960- Greensboro sit-in begins
2002- Journalist Daniel Pearl is murdered
1913- Multi-sport star Jim Thorpe signs MLB contract with Giants
2013- “House of Cards,” Netflix’s first original series, starts streaming
1978- Harriet Tubman becomes the first African American woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp
1968- Viet Cong officer is shot in the head; iconic photo taken
2004- “Nipplegate” controversy at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
1896- Puccini’s “La Boheme” premieres in Turin, Italy
1790- First Session of the U.S. Supreme Court
1979- Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
1884- Oxford Dictionary debuts
1917- Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
1968- Nixon announces his candidacy for president
1961- “The Misfits” open in theaters
1887- Official registration of Hollywood
2003- Columbia Space Shuttle mission ends in disaster
1974- Serial killer Ted Bundy strikes again
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