{"id":18187,"date":"2022-02-01T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18187"},"modified":"2022-02-03T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:31:07","slug":"history-of-1-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-1-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 1 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 1 February<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> &#8211; Terry Williams won the largest slot machine payoff, at the time, when won $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno,&nbsp;NV.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8211; A USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport. 35 people were killed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; Jeff Gillooly pled guilty in Portland,&nbsp;OR, for his role in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly, Tonya Harding&#8217;s ex-husband, struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; Visa and Mastercard announced security measures that would make it safe to shop on the Internet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Stuart Whitman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;President Clinton.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Three Scottish judges found Abdel Basset al-Megrahi guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people. The court said that Megrahi was a member of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Amin Khalifa, who had been co-accused, was acquitted and freed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s space shuttle&nbsp;<em>Columbia<\/em>&nbsp;exploded while re-entering the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong> &#8211; U.S. President Trump confirmed that the U.S. would leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987 due to Russian non-compliance. Russia suspended its obligations to the treaty the next day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Rob Austin, English race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013 Christian Gim\u00e9nez, the Argentinian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Graeme Smith, South African cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Heather DeLoach, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kevin Martin, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013 Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Dean Shiels, Irish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013 Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer, and author<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Austin Jackson, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013 Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist, and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Brett Anderson, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Diego Mella, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 1 February 1987 &#8211; 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