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1 February 2025: This day in history

1587: Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots

1843: Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America opens, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY)

1884: First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, is published

1908: King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luís Filipe, are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon

1968: Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to the head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.

1979: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile

2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

2021: Military coup in Myanmar; civilian leaders are detained, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and a one-year state of emergency is declared (still in effect)

Source: Onthisday.com

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