February 1: Black History Month begins in Canada and the United States; National Freedom Day in the United States
King Edward III of England
- 1327 – Fourteen-year-old Edward III (pictured as adult) became King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
- 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
- 1972 – Kuala Lumpur gained city status, the first settlement in Malaysia to do so after the nation's independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1982 – Senegal and the Gambia formed the Senegambia Confederation to promote cooperation between the two countries.
- 2003 – All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.
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