February 1 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Big Boi, American musician
* Brandon Lee, American actor
* Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation
* Clark Gable, actor
* James P. Johnson, composer
* Joshua Redman, American musician
* Langston Hughes writer
* Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
* Pauly Shore, American comedian
* Rick James, musician and composer
* Sherman Hemsley, comedian and actor

This day in history
* 1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat.
* 1790 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
* 1862 - Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
* 1884 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
* 1960 - Four black students stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
* 2005 - Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.

Holidays and interesting facts
* The start of LGBT History Month in the United Kingdom.
* The start of Black History Month in the United States.

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Test yourself for hidden bias then consider how you can eliminate it.