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February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1327 ...
[1] [2] One year after Wright's death in 1947, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a bill to make February 1 National Freedom Day. The holiday proclamation was signed into law on June 30, 1948, by President Harry Truman. [2] It was the forerunner to Black History Day. Later Black History Month was officially recognized in 1976.
February 1: Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland; Black History Month begins in the United States Lunch counter from the Greensboro sit-ins 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War .
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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store — now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum — in Greensboro, North Carolina, [1] which led to the F. W. Woolworth Company department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. [2]
February 1: Feast day of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Western Christianity); the Fajr decade begins in Iran; Black History Month begins in North America Mayon 1329 – The Teutonic Knights successfully besieged the hillfort of Medvėgalis in Samogitia , Lithuania, and baptised the defenders in the Catholic rite.
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Imbolc or Imbolg (Irish pronunciation: [ə ˈmˠɔlˠəɡ]), also called Saint Brigid's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde; Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde; Manx: Laa'l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival on 1 February. [1] It marks the beginning of spring, and in Christianity, it is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland's patroness ...