On this day, Feb., 1

1790 The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, because only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)

1848 The Mercury published the city’s first Sunday newspaper.

1943 Judge Sara M. Soffel, of Common Pleas Court, became the first woman ever to preside over an Allegheny County criminal court.

1960 Four Black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they’d been refused service.

2009 The Steelers claimed their record sixth Super Bowl title against the Arizona

Cardinals, 27-23.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin Today’s birthdays: Singer Don Everly, 84. Actor Garrett Morris, 84. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury, 82. TV personality-singer Joy Philbin, 80. Political commentator Fred Barnes, 78. Rock musician Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), 71. Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth, 70. Actor-writer-producer Bill Mumy, 67. Rock singer Exene Cervenka, 65. Actor Linus Roache, 57. Princess Stephanie of Monaco, 56. Actor Sherilyn Fenn, 56. Lisa Marie Presley, 53. Comedian-actor Pauly

Shore, 53. Actor Brian Krause, 52. Jazz musician Joshua Redman, 52. Rock musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer), 52. Actor Michael C. Hall, 50. Rock musician Ron Welty, 50. Rapper Big Boi (Outkast), 46. Roots rocker Jason Isbell, 42. Country singer Julie Roberts, 42. Actor Jarrett Lennon, 39. Rock singer-musician Andrew VanWyngarden, 38. TV personality Lauren Conrad, 35. Actor-singer Heather Morris, 34. Actor and mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey, 34. Rock singer Harry Styles (One Direction), 27.

Thought for today: “Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.” — William Faulkner, American novelist and poet (1897-1962)