WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1, 2024

1905-First auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach

1928-Scotch tape first marketed by 3-M Company

1929-Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey

1933-Hitler promises parliamentary democracy

1950-President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen bomb

1958-James van Allen discovers radiation belt

1961-David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel

1964-U.S. report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer

1968-Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins

1971-Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands

1972-Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana

1972-Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral

1975-Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold

1978-Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements

1978-"Elvis The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 101 performances

1980-Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41

1982-10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman

1985-South African President P.W. Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence

1987-United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary contract with USX Corp

11990-First McDonald's in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonald's

1991-Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (ends after 3 days)

1994-Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down