February 1

On this day:
1673 - German scientist Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated, designed by summing "arithmetical machine»
1709 - the command of the English ship discovered on a desert island Juan Fernandez in the Pacific sailor Alexander Selkirk, who became the prototype of Robinson Crusoe
1884 - was published the first edition of Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford English Dictionary)
1930 - newspaper "The Times" published the world's first crossword
2003 - during the approach to the launch site at Cape Canaveral (Florida) American shuttle exploded "Columbia", killing all seven crew members.

Born:
1857 - Vladimir Bekhterev, a Russian psychiatrist, founder of reflexology, a neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, physiologist ».
1931 - Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation.
1942 - Lev Leshchenko, Russian singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR, the founder and artistic director of the State Theatre variety show "Musical Agency".