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February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 332 days remaining (333 in Leap Year s).
Events
- crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor , the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
- 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy .
- 1119 - Callixtus II becomes Pope .
- 1509 - Battle Of Diu takes place near Diu , India , between Portugal and Turkey .
- 1536 - Spaniard Pedro De Mendoza founds Buenos Aires , Argentina .
- 1542 - Portuguese under Christovão Da Gama capture a Moslem -occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle Of Baçente .
- 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City ) is incorporated.
- 1709 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book '' Robinson Crusoe '' by Daniel Defoe .
- 1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time after an unsuccessful attempt on February 1 .
- 1812 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross , along the California coast.
- is signed ending the war.
- 1848 - emigrants seeking fortune in California 's gold country arrive in San Francisco .
- 1870 - It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved Gypsum and not the petrified remains of a Human .
- 1874 - Grand County , Colorado is created when it is carved out of Summit County
- 1876 - The National League Of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- 1878 - Greece declares war on Turkey .
- 1880 - The first electric Streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana .
- 1882 - The Knights Of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut .
- 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- 1897 - The Pennsylvania state capitol is destroyed by fire.
- 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia 's capital ( Canberra ) between Sydney and Melbourne .
- 1920 - Tartu Peace Treaty signed between Estonia and Russia .
- 1920 - France occupies Memel .
- s reach Nome, Alaska with Diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
- 1933 - Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament .
- 1935 - The Polygraph Machine is tested for the first time. Leonard Keeler conducts the experiment in Portage, Wisconsin .
- 1940 - Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
- forces surrender to the Soviet s after the Battle Of Stalingrad .
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leave to meet with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference .
- 1952 - A Tropical Storm forms north of Cuba and moves northeast making landfall in Florida . It is the earliest reported formation of a tropical storm on record in the Atlantic Basin .
- 1957 - President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across river Indus near Sukkur .
- 1962 - For the first time in 400 years Neptune and Pluto align.
- 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 War .
- 1967 - The American Basketball Association is formed.
- 1971 - After a coup in Uganda , Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader.
- 1972 - The British Embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday .
- 1976 - Groundhog Day Gale Of 1976 hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada .
- personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in a Sting Operation .
- 1980 - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party Of Turkey .
- attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people.
- armored column leaves Kabul , ending nine years of military occupation.
- President F.W. De Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to set Nelson Mandela free.
- 1998 - A Cebu Pacific Air DC-9 -32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan De Oro , Philippines , killing 104.
- 2002 - Wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Máxima Zorreguieta in Amsterdam.
- 2006 - An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.
Births
- 1208 - James I Of Aragon (d. 1276 )
- 1455 - King John Of Denmark (d. 1513 )
- 1494 - Bona Sforza , queen of Sigismund I Of Poland (d. 1557 )
- 1502 - Damião De Góis , Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574 )
- 1506 - René De Birague , French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583 )
- 1522 - Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician (d. 1565 )
- 1600 - Gabriel Naudé , French librarian and scholar (d. 1653 )
- 1613 - Noël Chabanel , French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649 )
- 1621 - Johannes Schefferus , Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679 )
- 1649 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730 )
- 1650 - Nell Gwynne , English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687 )
- 1669 - Louis Marchand , French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732 )
- 1695 - William Borlase , English naturalist (d. 1772 )
- 1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched , German writer (d. 1766 )
- 1711 - Wenzel Anton Von Kaunitz , Austrian diplomat (d. 1794 )
- 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius , German composer (d. 1785 )
- 1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr Von Laudon , Austrian field marshal (d. 1790 )
- 1754 - Charles Maurice De Talleyrand , French politician (d. 1838 )
- 1802 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault , French chemist (d. 1887 )
- 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston , American Confederate general (d. 1862 )
- 1829 - Alfred Brehm , German zoologist (d. 1884 )
- 1841 - François-Alphonse Forel , Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912 )
- 1875 - Fritz Kreisler , Austrian violinist (d. 1962 )
- 1878 - Alfréd Hajós , Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955 )
- 1882 - James Joyce , Irish author (d. 1941 )
- 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl , German pianist and politician (d. 1975 )
- 1888 - Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (d. 1969 )
- 1890 - Charles Correll , American actor (d. 1972 )
- 1893 - Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974 )
- 1895 - George Halas , American football player, coach, and league founder (d. 1983 )
- 1897 - Howard Johnson , American hotelier (d. 1972 )
- 1901 - Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987 )
- 1905 - Ayn Rand , Russian-born author (d. 1982 )
- 1913 - Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor (d. 1985 )
- 1915 - Abba Eban , Israeli diplomat (d. 2002 )
- 1916 - Xuân Diệu , Vietnamese poet (d. 1985 )
- 1918 - Hella S. Haasse , Dutch writer
- 1923 - James Dickey , American poet and author (d. 1997 )
- 1923 - Bonita Granville , American actress (d. 1988 )
- 1923 - Red Schoendienst , baseball player and manager
- 1923 - Liz Smith , American gossip columnist
- 1924 - Elfi Von Dassanowsky , Austrian-American producer and musician
- 1925 - Elaine Stritch , American actress
- 1926 - Valéry Giscard D'Estaing , French politician
- 1927 - Stan Getz , American musician (d. 1991 )
- 1928 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. , civil rights activist and author
- 1931 - Dries Van Agt , Dutch politician
- 1931 - Judith Viorst , American author
- 1932 - Robert Mandan , American actor
- 1937 - Tom Smothers , American musician and comedian
- 1940 - David Jason , English actor
- 1942 - Christine Keeler , British model
- 1942 - Graham Nash , British musician
- 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes , British actor
- 1947 - Farrah Fawcett , American actress
- 1947 - Melanie Safka , American singer
- 1949 - Brent Spiner , American actor
- 1949 - Ross Valory , American musician ( Journey )
- 1954 - Christie Brinkley , American model
- 1957 - Michael Massarik , American motion picture producer
- 1959 - Robert Scott , American and all around pretty decent fellow
- 1963 - Eva Cassidy , American singer (d. 1996 )
- 1966 - Robert DeLeo , American musician ( Stone Temple Pilots )
- 1967 - Arturs Irbe , Latvian hockey player
- 1969 - Valeri Karpin , Russian footballer
- 1972 - Dana International , Israeli singer
- 1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis , Greek football player
- 1975 - Todd Bertuzzi , Canadian hockey player
- 1976 - James Hickman , British swimmer
- 1977 - Shakira , Colombian singer
- 1981 - Jason Kapono , American basketball player
- 1983 - Jordin Tootoo , Canadian hockey player
- 1987 - Martin Spanjers , American actor
Deaths
- 1124 - Duke Bořivoj II Of Bohemia
- 1218 - Konstantin Of Rostov , Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186 )
- 1250 - King Eric XI Of Sweden (b. 1216 )
- 1461 - Owen Tudor , Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
- 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione , Italian writer (b. 1478 )
- 1580 - Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese retainer (b. 1558 )
- 1594 - Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina , Italian composer (b. 1525 )
- 1648 - George Abbot , English writer
- 1660 - Govert Flinck , Dutch painter (b. 1615 )
- 1660 - Gaston, Duke Of Orléans , French politician (b. 1608 )
- 1661 - Lucas Holstenius , German humanist (b. 1596 )
- 1688 - Abraham Duquesne , French naval officer (b. 1610 )
- 1704 - Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis De L'Hôpital , French mathematician (b. 1661 )
- 1712 - Martin Lister , English naturalist and physician
- 1714 - John Sharp , English Archbishop of Yorkshire (b. 1643 )
- 1768 - Robert Smith , English mathematician (b. 1689 )
- 1769 - Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693 )
- 1802 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip , British statesman (b. 1713 )
- 1895 - Archduke Albert , Austrian general (b. 1817 )
- 1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist (b. 1834 )
- 1922 - William Desmond Taylor , Irish film director (b. 1872 )
- 1925 - Jaap Eden , Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873 )
- 1942 - Daniil Kharms , Russian playwright (b. 1906 )
- 1948 - Bevil Rudd , South African athlete (b. 1894 )
- 1950 - Constantin Carathéodory , Greek mathematician (b. 1873 )
- 1956 - Charles Grapewin , American actor (b. 1869 )
- 1957 - Grigory Landsberg , Russian physicist (b. 1890 )
- 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 ( Sex Pistols ) (b. 1957 )
- 1980 - William Howard Stein , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
- 1987 - Castilho , Brazilian footballer (b. 1927 )
- 1987 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist (b. 1922 )
- 1992 - Bert Parks , American television host (b. 1914 )
- 1995 - Donald Pleasence , English actor (b. 1919 )
- 1996 - Gene Kelly , American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912 )
- 1997 - Sanford Meisner , American actor (b. 1904 )
- 1997 - Erich Eliskases , Austrian chess player (b. 1913 )
- 2003 - Lou Harrison , American composer (b. 1917 )
- 2004 - Bernard McEveety , American film director (b. 1924 )
- 2005 - Max Schmeling , German boxer (b. 1905 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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