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On this day: February 1

POSTED: 10:51 PM PST Jan 31, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 31, 2013

The Beatles hit No. 1 for the first time in America, tragedy strikes space shuttle Columbia, and Janet Jackson suffers a Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," all on this day.

OTD February 1 - Rick James — 18 / 48

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1948: Singer-songwriter Rick James, who popularized funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to hits such as "You and I," "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak," is born in Buffalo, N.Y.

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OTD February 1 - Langston Hughes

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OTD February 1 - Rick James

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OTD February 1 - The Beatles

OTD February 1 - Martin Luther King Jr

OTD February 1 - Brandon Lee

OTD February 1 - Buster Keaton

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OTD February 1 - Michael C Hall

OTD February 1 - HP-35 calculator

OTD February 1 - Jaws

OTD February 1 - Big Boi

OTD February 1 - George Whipple

OTD February 1 - Roman Polanski

OTD February 1 - Patty Hearst

OTD February 1 - Khomeini

OTD February 1 - David Letterman

OTD February 1 - David Stern

OTD February 1 - Lauren Conrad

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OTD February 1 - Lillian Fishburne

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OTD February 1 - space shuttle Columbia

OTD February 1 - Janet Jackson

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