February 2
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February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of the year (333 in leap years).
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Events [change]
- 962 – Official founding day of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes Duke of Burgundy.
- 1207 - Terra Mariana, consisting of present-day Estonia and Latvia, is created.
- 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Mortimer's Cross in Herefordshire.
- 1536 – Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires.
- 1653 - New Amsterdam, future New York City, is incorporated.
- 1848 – The US gains large territories at the end of the Mexican-American War.
- 1848 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
- 1868 - Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
- 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is founded.
- 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first American celebration of Groundhog Day takes place.
- 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference is held in Melbourne, coming to the decision that the new national capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
- 1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 1913 – Grand Central Terminal in New York City is opened.
- 1920 - The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
- 1920 - France occupies Memel.
- 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is first published.
- 1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1935 - Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1943 – The Battle of Stalingrad ends as German forces surrender.
- 1946 – The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
- 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
- 1971 - The International Ramsar Convention for conservation of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
- 1971 – Idi Amin becomes President of Uganda.
- 1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
- 1976 – The Groundhog Day gale affects the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
- 1982 – Rifaat al-Assad initiates the massacre in Hama, Syria, a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood. Between 20,000 and 30,000 people are killed.
- 1987 - After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines get a new constitution.
- 1990 – South Africa: F. W. de Klerk announces the end of Apartheid and ends a ban on the African National Congress.
- 2002 – Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange marries Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti.
- 2004 – Roger Federer becomes World number one in men's tennis, holding that position for a record 237 weeks.
- 2007 - Indonesia's worst flooding in 300 years begins.
- 2008 – Then-President of France Nicolas Sarkozy marries Carla Bruni.
- 2011 – Egypt protests: Opponents and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak clash violently in Cairo.
Births [change]
- 1208 – King James of Aragon (d. 1276)
- 1455 – King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
- 1494 – Bona Sforza, Italian princess, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (d. 1525)
- 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
- 1596 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch architect and artist (d. 1657)
- 1621 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
- 1649 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
- 1650 – Nell Gwyn, British actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
- 1669 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
- 1677 - Jean-Baptiste Moran, French composer (d. 1745)
- 1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
- 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, French diplomat and statesman (d. 1838)
- 1782 - Henri de Rigny, French admiral and statesman (d. 1835)
- 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
- 1812 - Yevhan Hretinka, Ukrainian writer (d. 1848)
- 1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
- 1842 - Yulian Vasilyevich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
- 1849 - Pavol Orszagh Hviezdoslav, Slovakian poet, dramatist and translator (d. 1921)
- 1852 - Jose Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
- 1860 - Curtis Guild, Jr., 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
- 1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
- 1872 - Tome de Barros Queiroz, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1925)
- 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman (d. 1956)
- 1873 - Leo Fall, Austrian operetta composer (d. 1925)
- 1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1962)
- 1880 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1882 – James Joyce, Irish writer (d. 1941)
- 1885 - Aldo Palazzeschi, Italian writer (d. 1974)
- 1885 - Mikhail Frunze, Soviet general (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Pat Sullivan, Australian cartoonist, animator and movie producer (d. 1933)
- 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
- 1890 - Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1891 – Antonio Segni, Italian politician (d. 1972)
- 1892 - Tochigayama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1969)
- 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Sukhbaatar Damdin, Mongolian national hero (d. 1924)
- 1895 - George Halas, American NFL co-founder (d. 1983)
- 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician (d. 1980)
- 1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born author and philosopher (d. 1982)
- 1909 - Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1912 – Millvina Dean, last Titanic survivor (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1915 - Abba Eban, Israeli politician (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Hella Haasse, Dutch writer (d. 2011)
- 1919 - Lisa Della Casa, Swiss operatic soprano (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Svetozar Gligoric, Serbian chess player (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born producer and musician (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Valery Giscard d'Estaing, former President of France
- 1926 - Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and writer (d. 2012)
- 1927 - Stan Getz, American jazz musician (d. 1991)
- 1928 – Ciriaco de Mita, Italian politician
- 1929 – George Band, British mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Walter Burkert, German philologist
- 1931 – Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993)
- 1931 – Dries van Agt, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese military leader
- 1935 - Evgeni Velikhov, Russian physicist
- 1936 - Duane Jones, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1939 - Dale Mortensen, American economist
- 1940 – David Jason, English actor
- 1940 - Alan Caddy, English musician
- 1940 - Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction writer and poet (d. 2008)
- 1941 - Lee Redmond, former world record holder for the longest finger nails
- 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American musician
- 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
- 1945 - Robert Atzorn, German actor
- 1946 - Isaias Afewerki, President of Eritrea
- 1946 - Alpha Oumare Konare, former President of Mali
- 1946 - Blake Clark, American actor
- 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1948 - Ina Garten, American cookery writer and television presenter
- 1948 - Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish entrepreneur
- 1951 – Valdir Peres, Brazilian footballer
- 1952 - Park Geunhye, President of South Korea
- 1952 - Dave Casper, American football player
- 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model
- 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor
- 1954 - John Tudor, American baseball player
- 1955 - Kim Zimmer, American actress
- 1961 - Lauren Lane, American actress
- 1961 - Steve Penney, NHL player
- 1962 - Philippe Claudel, French writer and movie director
- 1962 - Andy Fordham, English darts player
- 1963 - Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996)
- 1967 - Laurent Nkunda, Congolese rebel leader
- 1968 - Thomas Teige, German martial artist, actor and record holder
- 1969 - Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
- 1972 – Dana International, Israeli singer
- 1976 - James Hickman, British swimmer
- 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer
- 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
- 1977 - Martin Andresen, Norwegian footballer
- 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- 1979 - Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
- 1979 - Fani Chalkia, Greek athlete
- 1979 – Christine Bleakley, Northern Irish television presenter
- 1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1981 – Emre Aydin, Turkish singer
- 1981 - Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model and actress
- 1983 – Carolina Kluft, Swedish athlete
- 1984 - Edgaras Cesnauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1985 - Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
- 1985 - Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 - Melody Gardot, American jazz singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 - Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Gerard Pique, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Ivan Perisic, Croatian footballer
- 1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
- 1991 - Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
Deaths [change]
- 1124 - Borivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
- 1218 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
- 1250 – King Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
- 1294 - Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
- 1307 - Oljeitu Temur Khagan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire (b. 1265)
- 1461 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty in England
- 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
- 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
- 1660 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
- 1769 – Pope Clement XVI (b. 1693)
- 1802 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713)
- 1804 - George Walton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1749)
- 1895 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
- 1904 – William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
- 1905 - Henri Germain, French banker and politician (b. 1824)
- 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
- 1909 - Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829)
- 1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
- 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
- 1945 - Alfred Delp, German Resistance activist (b. 1907)
- 1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Bertrand Russell, British mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1872)
- 1979 – Sid Vicious, English musician (b. 1957)
- 1980 – William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize winner (b. 1911)
- 1986 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
- 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
- 1987 – Carlos Jose Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
- 1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovakian figure skater (b. 1951)
- 1990 - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
- 1995 – Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Donald Pleasance, British actor (b. 1919)
- 1996 – Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor and director (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
- 1997 - Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Bernard McEveety, American movie director (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
- 2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
- 2008 – Joshua Lederberg, American biochemist (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Paul Birch, British footballer (b. 1960)
Holidays [change]
- Groundhog Day - United States, said to determine whether winter weather will continue or whether it will get warmer
- Candlemas - Western Christianity
- Imbolc - Paganism
- Inventor's Day - Thailand
- World Wetlands Day
- Constitution Day - Philippines
