By , Netflix had already fundamentally changed the way Americans consumed movies and television. The service offered unlimited DVD rentals—and, starting in , direct streaming of many of its titles—for a flat monthly fee, a wildly popular model that almost single-handedly Tubman's appearance on stamps was emblematic both of the progress made in recognizing A singular event occurred during the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 1, While performing a duet with Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake briefly exposed one of her breasts in what was later described as a "wardrobe malfunction.
By the time the first of his three career-defining operas had its premiere, Giacomo Puccini was no longer living a life of impoverished artistic struggle. His previous opera, Manon Lascaut, had made his name in the world of Italian opera, and, more important, it had earned him a The U.
Supreme Court was established by Article Three of the U. Constitution, which took effect February 1, The first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary OED , considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, is published.
Today, the OED is the definitive authority on the meaning, pronunciation and history of over Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. On February 1, , the lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries.
Richard M. Nixon announces his candidacy for the presidency. Kennedy in the election. Two years after losing to Kennedy, Nixon ran for governor of California and lost in The Misfits, a flawed but moving meditation on the vanishing spirit of western independence, opens in theaters on February 1, The Misfits had all the right ingredients to become a truly great western. The director, John Huston, was one of the most talented in Hollywood.
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This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. Khomeini died on 4 June World War One Centenary. Mr Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in also triggered the biggest protests in Iran since the revolution. The supreme leader insisted the result was valid and ordered a major crackdown on dissent that saw dozens of opposition supporters killed and thousands detained. Hassan Rouhani, a moderate who took office in , negotiated a landmark nuclear deal with world powers with Ayatollah Khamenei's blessing.
But the supreme leader resisted the president's efforts to expand civil liberties and overhaul the economy. Mr Rouhani's failure to alleviate the economic hardship suffered by many ordinary Iranians, which worsened significantly after the US abandoned the nuclear deal in and reinstated sanctions on Iran, triggered mass protests in November At the protests, people were heard chanting "death to the dictator" - a reference to the supreme leader.
The unrest prompted a bloody crackdown by the security forces. Amnesty International said more than people were killed, while a Reuters news agency report put the death toll at 1, The Iranian authorities dismissed both figures. An official also denied a report that Ayatollah Khamenei had ordered security forces and the government to "do whatever it takes to stop them".
Ayatollah Khamenei also has final say on all aspects of Iran's foreign affairs. He has remained suspicious of relations with the West, particularly the United States. Back in when he was president, he set the tone for his leadership by vowing to stamp out "deviation, liberalism, and American-influenced leftists".
He did not oppose the nuclear deal, but has criticised President Rouhani for negotiating it with the expectation that the US would uphold it in the long term. After Donald Trump's decision in to abandon the accord and re-impose sanctions, the ayatollah told the US president that he "made a mistake".
He remarked: "I said from the first day: don't trust America. When the US killed the powerful Iranian general Qasem Soleimani - a close ally and personal friend - in a drone strike in Iraq in January , Ayatollah Khamenei promised "severe revenge". He called Iran's retaliatory ballistic missile attacks on two Iraqi bases hosting US forces a "slap on the face" for America.
But he stressed that "military action like this is not sufficient". The supreme leader has also repeatedly called for the elimination of the State of Israel. In , he described the country as a "cancerous tumour" that had to be removed from the region.
He has also publicly questioned whether the Holocaust occurred.
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