February 1 - Thursday
Day of the worker of elevator economy (Day of the liftman) in Russia
National Freedom Day in the USA
Imbolc
World Week of Harmonious Interfaith Relations
1865 Lincoln signed the Congress resolution on the introduction of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution that abolished slavery
1958 The USA became the second country after the USSR, independently launched an artificial Earth satellite
1973 For the first time in its history, the London Stock Exchange admitted to trading of brokers-women.
Two months later, ten of them took their seats in the operating room. And a quarter of a century later, in February 2001, the woman sat down in the chair of the London Stock Exchange.