This is our day guide for Sunday February 1st 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on February 1st 2015
Mauritius: Abolition of Slavery
Slavery was abolished in Mauritius on February 1st 1835, the last of the British colonies to do soGo to Today | February 2nd 2015
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| General Information for February 1st 2015 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 32 of 2015 | |
| 333 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 05 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2004 - Singer Janet Jackson exposes a breast during half-time in the US Super Bowl. | |
| 2002 - The seven crewmembers of the Space Shuttle Columbia are killed instantly when the space shuttle breaks up over Texas, 16 minutes before it is scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral, Florida. | |
| 1851 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, dies. | |
| 1790 - The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. |
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