Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 1
February 1: Imbolc and St. Brigid's Day in Ireland
- 1796 - The capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark to York, which was deemed to be less vulnerable to attack by the United States.
- 1884 - The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
- 1946 - Norwegian politician Trygve Lie was elected the first UN Secretary-General.
- 1957 - The first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine (pictured) ran for the first time.
- 2003 - The NASA Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere on its 28th and final mission.
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