On This Day:
Sunday February 1, 2015 This is the 32nd day of the year, with 333 days remaining in 2015. Fact of the Day: ionizer Ionizers work by arcing a small current of electricity off a thin needle and into the air. The electrons bind to nearby air molecules and give them a negative charge. These negatively charged molecules are propelled or drift throughout the room and attract tiny pollutants such as smoke, dust, pollen, and aerosols. Evenutally, these bundles of pollutants become too heavy to remain airborne and settle onto the surfaces of the room. The benefits of using an ionizer include the removal of microscopic contaminants, smoke, viruses, odors, pollen, aerosols, and other pollutants. The effect is likened to the clean air near waterfalls or after lightning, other good sources fo negative ions. They may also be effective as anti-depressants according to a much quoted article in Allure Magazine (June 95, "Pumping Ions") regarding a study by two research psychologists at the New York State Psychiatric Institute Columbia University. Unfortunately, there can be drawbacks to using an ionizer. The charged pollutant clusters cling to walls and create a sooty buildup that may need periodic cleaning. Similar to lightning, the arc from poorly designed ionizers can create ozone and nitrous oxide.
Holidays Feast day of St. John of the Grating, St. Henry Morse, St. Pionius, St. Bride or Brigid of Kildare, St. Seiriol, and St. Sigebert III of Austria.
Ireland: St. Brigid's Day.
United States: National Freedom Day (commemorating Abraham Lincoln's signing of 13th Amendment).
Events 1587 - Elizabeth I, Queen of England, signed the Warrant of Execution for Mary Queen of Scots.
1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.
1790 - The Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time, with Chief Justice John Jay of New York presiding.
1793 - France declared war on Britain and Holland.
1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe, was first published in "Atlantic Monthly."
1884 - The first volume (A-Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
1893 - Thomas Edison opened the first film studio, in New Jersey.
1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal and his eldest son, Luís Filipe, were assassinated by revolutionaries while riding in an open carriage through the streets of Lisbon.
1919 - The first Miss America was crowned, in New York City.
1946 - Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.
1953 - "General Electric Theater" premiered on TV.
1958 - The United Arab Republic was formed by a union of Egypt and Syria (only until 1961).
1960 - Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service.
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran in triumph after 15 years of exile.
1982 - "Late Night with David Letterman" premiered on television.
2003 - Human remains found in a field in Texas were believed to be those of at least one of the seven astronauts who perished about the space shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated nearly 40 miles above the Earth.
2004 - Janet Jackson exposes her breast on American television during the half-time show of the Super Bowl.
Births 1901 - Clark Gable, American film actor.
1902 - Langston Hughes, American author, poet.
1931 - Boris Yeltsin (President of Russia, 1990-1999).
1942 - Terry Jones, British comedian, screenwriter and actor, probably best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team.
Deaths 1966 - Buster Keaton, American silent-film comedian.
1981 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer.
1999 - Paul Mellon, American philanthropist and art collector.
2003 - Mongo Santamaría, Afro-Cuban percussionist.
2003 - The crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), astronauts: Michael P. Anderson; David Brown; Kalpana Chawla; Laurel Clark; Rick D. Husband; Willie McCool; Ilan Ramon.
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