February 2 Events |
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| February 2nd, 2002 (February 02 2002) | Event | The wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Maxima Zorreguieta takes place. | |
| February 2nd, 1998 (February 02 1998) | Event | A Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104. | |
| February 2nd, 1990 (February 02 1990) | Event | 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. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1989 (February 02 1989) | Event | Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending nine years of military occupation. | |
| February 2nd, 1989 (February 02 1989) | Event | Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched in Europe. | |
| February 2nd, 1982 (February 02 1982) | Event | Hama Massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people. | |
| February 2nd, 1980 (February 02 1980) | Event | Reports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in the Abscam sting operation. | |
| February 2nd, 1980 (February 02 1980) | Event | This Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is formally founded. | |
| February 2nd, 1976 (February 02 1976) | Event | The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. | |
| February 2nd, 1974 (February 02 1974) | Event | The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. | |
| February 2nd, 1972 (February 02 1972) | Event | The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday. | |
| February 2nd, 1971 (February 02 1971) | Event | After a coup in Uganda, Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader. | Idi Amin Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1967 (February 02 1967) | Event | The American Basketball Association is formed. | |
| February 2nd, 1966 (February 02 1966) | Event | Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 war. | |
| February 2nd, 1957 (February 02 1957) | Event | President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across river Indus near Sukkur. | |
| February 2nd, 1946 (February 02 1946) | Event | The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic is made. | |
| February 2nd, 1943 (February 02 1943) | Event | World War II: The last German forces surrender to the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad. | |
| February 2nd, 1940 (February 02 1940) | Event | Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. | Frank Sinatra Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1935 (February 02 1935) | Event | Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine. | |
| February 2nd, 1933 (February 02 1933) | Event | Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1925 (February 02 1925) | Event | Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. | |
| February 2nd, 1922 (February 02 1922) | Event | Ulysses by James Joyce is published in Paris, France. | James Joyce Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1920 (February 02 1920) | Event | The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. | |
| February 2nd, 1920 (February 02 1920) | Event | France occupies Memel. | |
| February 2nd, 1913 (February 02 1913) | Event | Grand Central Station was opened in New York City. | |
| February 2nd, 1901 (February 02 1901) | Event | Queen Victoria s funeral takes place. | |
| February 2nd, 1899 (February 02 1899) | Event | The Australian Premiers Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia s capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne. | |
| February 2nd, 1887 (February 02 1887) | Event | In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. | |
| February 2nd, 1882 (February 02 1882) | Event | The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut. | |
| February 2nd, 1880 (February 02 1880) | Event | The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. | |
| February 2nd, 1878 (February 02 1878) | Event | Greece declares war on Turkey. | |
| February 2nd, 1876 (February 02 1876) | Event | The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. | |
| February 2nd, 1848 (February 02 1848) | Event | Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war. | |
| February 2nd, 1848 (February 02 1848) | Event | California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in California s gold country arrives in San Francisco, California. | |
| February 2nd, 1812 (February 02 1812) | Event | Russia establishes a fur trading colony at what is now Fort Ross, California. | |
| February 2nd, 1790 (February 02 1790) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time after an unsuccessful attempt on February 1. | |
| February 2nd, 1787 (February 02 1787) | Event | Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. | |
| February 2nd, 1709 (February 02 1709) | Event | Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. | Daniel Defoe Quotes |
| February 2nd, 1653 (February 02 1653) | Event | New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. | |
| February 2nd, 1542 (February 02 1542) | Event | Portuguese under Christovao da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Bacente. | |
| February 2nd, 1536 (February 02 1536) | Event | Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. | |
| February 2nd, 1509 (February 02 1509) | Event | The Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey. | |
| February 2nd, 1032 (February 02 1032) | Event | Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. | |
| February 2nd, 0962 (February 02 0962) | Event | Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. | |
