1630Guru Har Rai, the seventh of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion, was born.
1761The British captured Pondicherry from the French. But it was returned in 1763, with the signing of Treaty of Paris.
1886Chengannur Raman Pillai, celebrated Kathakali artist from Kerala, was born.
1938Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer of the early 20th century, author of Devdas, died.
1989Prem Nazir, film actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading men of his generation, died.
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1605The first edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid. Original Spanish title is called El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha.
1914Author Maxim Gorky is authorized to return to Russia after an eight year exile for political dissidence.
1920First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris.
1939Ad announcing the beginning of the Superman comic strip.
Daily newspaper comic strip Superman debuts.
1945Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1974Jaws by Peter Benchley is published by Doubleday.
1991Operation Desert Storm—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier—was announced by the White House.
2003Space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on February 1, killing all on board.
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