🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Sunday, February 1. Today, we cover the first Supreme Court meeting, the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, Ayatollah Khomeini's return, House of Cards, and much more—quick, sharp, and totally on point!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1587
Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.
-1790
New York City's Royal Exchange Building hosts the first Supreme Court meeting, with Chief Justice John Jay presiding.
-1843
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company (MONY) opens, the oldest continuous insurer in America.
-1884
Oxford English Dictionary's first volume, A-Ant, was published.
-1893
Thomas Edison built the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
-1908
King Carlos I and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe, are assassinated in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon.
-1968
Photographer Eddie Adams captured Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem with a shot to the head, becoming an anti-war icon.
-1979
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini returns after 15 years in exile.
-2003
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
-2013
Netflix debuted House of Cards, the first major TV show streaming exclusively on a streaming service.
-2021
Aung San Suu Kyi is detained after a military coup in Myanmar; an emergency state is declared for one year. (still in effect)
📸 Snapshot
Strange, bizarre, and unique contestants in Miss Lovely Eyes in Florida, 1930
🗨️ Last Words
“Pull up the shades; I don't want to go home in the dark.”