Today in History: February 1, Black students begin sit-in protest at Woolworth’s whites-only counter

Today is Saturday, Feb. 1, the 32nd time of 2025. There are 333 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Feb. 1, 1960, 4 Black assemblage students began a sit-in protestation astatine a Woolworth’s luncheon antagonistic successful Greensboro, North Carolina, wherever they had been refused service.

Also connected this date:

In 1865, abolitionist John S. Rock became the archetypal Black lawyer admitted to the barroom of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1943, during World War II, 1 of America’s astir highly decorated subject units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up astir exclusively of Japanese Americans, was activated.

In 1959, men successful Switzerland rejected giving women the close to ballot by a much than 2-to-1 borderline successful a referendum. (Swiss women yet gained the close to ballot successful 1971.)

In 1979, Iranian spiritual person Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (hoh-MAY’-nee) was welcomed location by millions successful Tehran arsenic helium ended astir 15 years of exile.

In 1991, an arriving USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter level connected a runway astatine Los Angeles International Airport, resulting successful 35 deaths.

In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding’s ex-husband, pleaded blameworthy successful Portland, Oregon, to racketeering for his portion successful the onslaught connected fig skater Nancy Kerrigan successful speech for a 24-month condemnation and a $100,000 fine.

In 2002, Wall Street Journal writer Daniel Pearl was killed by Islamist militants successful Pakistan aft being kidnapped 9 days earlier.

In 2003, the abstraction shuttle Columbia broke isolated arsenic it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere, sidesplitting each 7 unit members: commandant Rick Husband; aviator William McCool; payload commandant Michael Anderson; ngo specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specializer Ilan Ramon.

In 2016, the World Health Organization declared a planetary exigency implicit the explosive dispersed of the Zika virus, which was linked to commencement defects successful the Americas.

Today’s birthdays:

• Actor Garrett Morris is 88.
• Political commentator Fred Barnes is 82.
• Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 60.
• Actor Sherilyn Fenn is 60.
• U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer Michelle Akers is 59.
• Comedian-actor Pauly Shore is 57.
• Actor Michael C. Hall is 54.
• Rapper Big Boi (Outkast) is 50.
• Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell is 46.
• TV property Lauren Conrad is 39.
• Mixed martial creator Ronda Rousey is 38.
• Actor Julia Garner is 31.
• Singer-actor Harry Styles is 31.