THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024

1867-Bricklayers start working 8-hour days

1893-Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)

1951-U.N. condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea

1961-First full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful

1965-Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL

1969-Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert

1972-First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)

1976-Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce

1978-Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl

1978-Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp

1979-Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile

1982-Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)

1982-"Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV

1984-China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations

1986-Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland

1989-Princess Diana of England visits New York, N.Y.

1991-President F. W. de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws

1991-Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die

1992-Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million)

1995-Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends

1998-86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2)