A Full Moon will become perfectly poised over Morrison, IL, today at 4:10 p.m. Owners of a clock with a Moon Phase dial can reposition their clock’s dial, so it begins at this precise moment. Wearing a soft glove, touch the dial with two fingers; rotate the dial clockwise until the smiling, full moon face is directly under the number 15 at the top of the clock. Whenever the clock is stopped, you need to reset when the next Full Moon comes around in Morrison, IL. The clock has no way to automatically adjust itself.
Listed are several significant occurrences that share February 1, spanning 699 years.
Historical and Political Events
1327: Edward III is crowned King of England at age 14.
1790: The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time in New York City.
1793: France declares war on Great Britain and the Netherlands.
1861: Texas secedes from the United States to join the Confederacy.
1865: President Lincoln signs the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, which is later recognized as National Freedom Day.
1960: Four Black students stage a sit-in at a “whites-only” lunch counter in Greensboro, NC.
1979: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.
Science and Technology
1788: The first U. S. steamboat patent is issued to Briggs and Longstreet.
1884: The first volume (A-Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts.
Culture and Miscellaneous
1913: Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
1964: The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” hits #1 in the U. S.
1978: Harriet Tubman becomes the first Black woman on a U. S. postage stamp.