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February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar . There are 332 days remaining in the year (333 in
leap years ).
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 962 - Translatio imperii Pope John XII 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 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.
1848 - Mexican-American War : The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the war.
1848 - California Gold Rush : The first ship with Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in California 's gold country arrive in San Francisco .
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.
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 .
1925 - Serum run to Nome : Dog sleds 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.
1943 - World War II : The last German forces surrender to the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad .
1945 - World War II: President 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 .
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 .
1980 - Abscam : Reports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in a sting operation .
1980 - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey .
1982 - Hama Massacre : The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people.
1989 - Soviet war in Afghanistan : The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul , ending nine years of military occupation.
1989 - Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched in the Europe.
1990 - Apartheid : In South Africa 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.
2002 - Foundation of Eurodoc, the European Council for Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers , in Girona (Spain).
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 )
1695 - François de Chevert , French general (d. 1769 )
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 )
1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet , French mathematician (d. 1856 )
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 )
1842 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski , Russian mathematician (d. 1927 )
1851 - José Guadalupe Posada , Mexican artist (d. 1913 )
1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949 )
1875 - Fritz Kreisler , Austrian violinist (d. 1962 )
1878 - Alfréd Hajós , Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955 )
1881 - Orval Overall , major league baseball pitcher (d. 1947 )
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 )
1900 - Willie Kamm , MLB third baseman (d. 1988 )
1901 - Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987 )
1905 - Ayn Rand , Russian-born author and philosopher (d. 1982 )
1908 - Wes Ferrell , All-Star MLB pitcher (d. 1976 )
1909 - Frank Albertson , American actor (d. 1964 )
1912 - Burton Lane , American composer and lyricist (d. 1997 )
1913 - Poul Reichhardt , Danish actor (d. 1985 )
1914 - Eric Kierans , Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004 )
1915 - Abba Eban , Israeli diplomat (d. 2002 )
1915 - Stan Leonard , Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005 )
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, and eventually Hall of Famer
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 (d. 1998 )
1931 - Dries van Agt , Dutch politician
1931 - Les Dawson , British comedian (d. 1993 )
1931 - Judith Viorst , American author
1932 - Robert Mandan , American actor
1933 - Than Shwe , ruler of Myanmar
1933 - Tony Jay , English actor (d. 2006 )
1937 - Tom Smothers , American musician and comedian
1937 - Don Buford , All-Star MLB outfielder
1940 - David Jason , English actor
1942 - Graham Nash , American (British-born) rock musician
1944 - Karen Foss , American broadcaster
1944 - Geoffrey Hughes , British actor
1945 - David Friedman , American economist
1946 - Alpha Oumar Konaré , ex-president of Mali
1947 - Farrah Fawcett , American actress
1948 - Al McKay , American guitarist and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire )
1949 - Brent Spiner , American actor
1949 - Ross Valory , American musician (Journey )
1949 - Francisco Maturana , Colombian football manager
1952 - Genichiro Tenryu , Japanese professional wrestler
1954 - Christie Brinkley , American model
1954 - John Tudor , MLB pitcher
1958 - Michel Marc Bouchard , Quebec playwright
1961 - Lauren Lane , American actress
1961 - Steve Penney , National Hockey League goaltender
1962 - Andy Fordham , English darts player
1962 - Paul Kilgus , baseball player
1963 - Eva Cassidy , American singer (d. 1996 )
1965 - Carl Airey , English footballer
1965 - Naoki Sano , Japanese professional wrestler
1966 - Robert DeLeo , American musician (Stone Temple Pilots )
1967 - Arturs Irbe , Latvian hockey player
1968 - Scott Erickson , MLB pitcher
1969 - Valeri Karpin , Russian footballer
1970 - Nikolaos Michopoulos , Greek footballer
1970 - C. Ernst Harth , Canadian actor
1972 - Dana International , Israeli singer
1972 - Melvin Mora , MLB infielder and All-Star
1973 - Aleksander Tammert , Estonian discus thrower
1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis , Greek footballer
1975 - Vaggelis Koutsoures , Greek footballer
1975 - Todd Bertuzzi , Canadian hockey player
1975 - Niclas Wallin , Swedish hockey player
1976 - James Hickman , British swimmer
1976 - Lori Beth Denberg , American actress
1977 - Shakira , Colombian singer
1977 - Libor Sionko , Czech football player
1977 - Heather Martin , American gospel singer
1978 - Barry Ferguson , Scotish football player
1978 - Eden Espinosa , American singer and stage actress
1979 - Fani Halkia , Greek hurdler
1979 - Irini Terzoglou , Greek shot putter
1980 - Teddy Hart , Canadian professional wrestler
1980 - Oleguer Presas , Spanish football player
1981 - Jason Kapono , American basketball player
1982 - Han Ga In , South Korean model/actress
1982 - Sergio Castaño , Spanish footballer
1982 - Kelly Mazzante , American basketball player
1983 - Jordin Tootoo , Canadian hockey player
1983 - Carolina Klüft , Swedish athlete
1987 - Martin Spanjers , American actor
1992 - Danielle White , American singer
Deaths 1124 - Bořivoj II of Bohemia
1218 - Konstantin of Rostov , Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186 )
1250 - 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 York (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 )
1904 - William C. Whitney , American financier (b. 1841 )
1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist (b. 1834 )
1918 - John L. Sullivan , American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858 )
1922 - William Desmond Taylor , Irish film director (b. 1872 )
1925 - Jaap Eden , Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873 )
1926 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov , Russian general (b. 1848 )
1932 - Agha Petros , Assyrian nationalist leader
1942 - Daniil Kharms , Russian playwright (b. 1905 )
1945 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , German politician (b. 1884 )
1948 - Bevil Rudd , South African athlete (b. 1894 )
1948 - Thomas W. Lamont , American banker; father or Corliss Lamont ; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870 )
1950 - Constantin Carathéodory , Greek mathematician (b. 1873 )
1956 - Charles Grapewin , American actor (b. 1869 )
1956 - Pyotr Konchalovsky , Russian painter (b. 1876 )
1957 - Grigory Landsberg , Russian physicist (b. 1890 )
1969 - Boris Karloff , English actor (b. 1887 )
1970 - Bertrand Russell , Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1872 )
1973 - Hendrik Elias , Belgain politician (b. 1902 )
1979 - Sid Vicious , English musician (Sex Pistols ) (b. 1957 )
1980 - William Howard Stein , Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911 )
1982 - Paul Desruisseaux , Quebec lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905 )
1987 - Castilho , Brazilian footballer (b. 1927 )
1987 - Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist (b. 1922 )
1988 - Marcel Bozzuffi , French film actor (b. 1929 )
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 )
2002 - Paul Baloff , American vocalist (b. 1960 )
2002 - Claude Brown , American writer (b. 1937 )
2003 - Lou Harrison , American composer (b. 1917 )
2004 - Liam Nialhaj , American poet (b. 1948 )
2004 - Bernard McEveety , American film director (b. 1924 )
2005 - Max Schmeling , German boxer (b. 1905 )
2007 - Filippo Raciti , Italian police officer (b. 1967 )
2007 - Masao Takemoto , Japanese gymnast (b. 1919 )
2007 - Eric von Schmidt , American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931 )
2007 - Joe Hunter , American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927 )
2007 - Billy Henderson , American singer with The Spinners (b. 1939 )
2007 - Vijay Arora , Indian film and television actor (b. 1944 )
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