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Today in History: February 1

1587
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, signs the Warrant of Execution for Mary Queen of Scots.

1633
The tobacco laws of Virginia are codified, limiting tobacco production to reduce dependence on a single-crop economy.

1793
France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands.

1861
A furious Governor Sam Houston storms out of a legislative session upon learning that Texas has voted 167-7 to secede from the Union.

1908
King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon

1945
U.S. Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue 513 American survivors of the Bataan Death March.

1951
Three A-bomb tests are completed in the desert of Nevada.

1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson rejects Charles de Gaulle's plan for a neutral Vietnam.

1968
Saigon police chief Nguy?n Ng?c Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguy?n Van Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.


1986
Two days of anti-government riots in Port-au-Prince result in 14 dead.

2023
At age 45, Tom Brady, regarded as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announces his re-retirement after a 23 year career and a record 7 Super Bowl titles with the NE Patriots and TB Buccaneers

Today in History: Born on February 1

1878
Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

1901
Clark Gable, American film actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone With the Wind).

1931
Boris Yeltsin, The first president of the Republic of Russia and prime minister of the Russian Federation.

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