This day in History - February 1

526 Historic Events for February 1
1897 Birth Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
1898 Event 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
1900 Birth Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
1901 Birth Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
1902 Death Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
1902 Event China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1902 Birth Carlo Borbolla, composer
1902 Birth Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues)
1902 Event Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin
1903 Birth Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
1903 Death George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
1904 Birth S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
1904 Death Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
1905 Birth Emilio Segre
1905 Birth Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
1905 Death Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
1905 Event Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
1905 Event Hague soccer team ADO froms
1906 Event 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
1906 Event English min of Frgn affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
1906 Birth Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)
1906 Birth Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
1907 Birth Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
1907 Birth Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
1907 Birth Gnter Eich, German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo)