February 1
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Art and culture
- 1896 - The opera La bohème premieres in Turin.
- 1968 - General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
- 1978 - Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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Births
- 1872 - Paul Fort, French poet (d. 1960)
- 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)
- 1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
- 1935 - Mario Bellini, Italian designer and architect
- 1948 - Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
- 1966 - Laurent Garnier, French music producer and DJ
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Deaths
- 1848 - Thomas Cole, American artist (Hudson River School) (b. 1801)
- 1851 - Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
- 1944 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (De Stijl) (b. 1872)
- 1945 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch historian (Homo Ludens) (b. 1872)
- 1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1971 - Raoul Hausmann, Austrian sculptor and writer (Dada) (b. 1886)
- 1976 - Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, filmmaker (b. 1888)
- 1984 - Ada "Bricktop" Smith, American dancer, singer, and entrepreneur (b. 1894)
- 1987 - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
- 2002 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
- 2005 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
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