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A bit of February 1st history…
1790 - US Supreme Court convenes for 1st time
1893 - Thomas Edison completes world’s 1st movie studio - NJ
1906 - 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas (pictured)
1968 - Saigon police chief executes Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head, the execution is captured in a picture and becomes an an anti-war icon
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, killing all 7 astronauts aboard
2004 - Wardrobe Malfunction: Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII
2018 - Archaeologists announce discovery of thousands of undetected structures in Mayan lowland civilization, using Lidar; suggests population of 10 million
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