This day in History - February 1

526 Historic Events for February 1
1907 Birth John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
1907 Birth Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U and non-U)
1907 Birth S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
1908 Birth George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
1908 Death Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1908 Birth Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
1908 Birth Edward Staempfli, composer
1909 Birth Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
1909 Birth Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
1909 Event US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1910 Birth Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
1910 Birth H Stanley Cayzer
1910 Birth Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
1910 Death Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
1910 Event Dragoumis govt forms in Greece
1910 Event 1st British labour exchange opens
1913 Birth Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
1914 Event NY Giants and Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
1914 Event Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
1914 Birth Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer
1914 Event Tanganyika Railway opens
1915 Birth Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
1916 Death Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
1916 Birth Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
1917 Event Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war