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 - Lillian Fishburne
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U.S. Navy

1998: Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first black female to be promoted to rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.

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