February 2

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 2. From 1900 until now. February 2 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Shakira (1977), Farrah Fawcett (1947) and Christie Brinkley (1954). Several movies were released around February 2 over the years, such as Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears in 1980 directed by Vladimir Menshov and Shutter Island in 2010 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on February 2 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Ancient Latvia - Veja Diena observed.
St. Adelbald
Catholicism - Candlemas, The Presentation of the Lord, The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, World Day for Consecrated Life (also February 3 in the United States).
United States and Canada - Groundhog Day.
Scotland - A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas).
Paganism - Imbolc (in northern hemisphere), Lughnasadh (in southern hemisphere).
Czech Republic - Hromnice.
St. Cornelius
France - CrOpe Day.
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Events

2019 Moro conflict: Patikul, Sulu shootout: Five soldiers and three militants die in an attack that also injured several others in Patikul, Sulu, in The Philippines. (Al Jazeera)
2018 China–United Kingdom relations: Amid a perceived erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong, British Prime Minister Theresa May concludes a three-day visit to China, said to have generated £9 billion in trade deals. (Hong Kong Free Press)
2017 Georgia–European Union relations: The European Parliament unanimously approves visa-free regime in the Schengen zone for Georgia. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Military intervention against ISIL: U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit an ISIS radio station and kill 29 militants. (CNN)
2015 Moro insurgency in the Philippines: Foreign investors withdraw "billions of pesos" from the Philippines after a deadly battle threatened to derail the March 2014 peace deal. (The Straits Times), (Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News)
2014 Three explosions are reported in the Yemeni capital Sanaa along with heavy gunfire. (Reuters via Daily Star)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: Militants attack a Pakistani Army base in the Lakki Marwat District in Pakistan killing at least 23 and injuring at least 8. (BBC) (CNN) (Los Angeles Times)
2012 The Philippines military claim to have killed Abu Sayyaf leader Umbra Jumdail, Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, and Singaporean Abdullah Ali. (AP via Google News)
2011 2011 Egyptian protests:
2010 Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of espionage, while the latter detains one Russian and expels four others. (BBC) (RIA Novosti) (Kyiv Post)
2009 The United States Senate confirms Eric Holder as Attorney General. (AP via Google News)
2008 Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket into space.ampquotIran Opens Space Center, Launches Rocketampquot, Associated Press
2007 Three tornadoes cross a 70-mile path across Florida, USA, killing 21, injuring 100, destroying 1500 homes and mobile homes.
2006 A leaked memo in the UK, detailing a conversation between U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003, has revealed that Blair intended to follow the US into Iraq even without a UN resolution, and that Bush considered provoking a response from Iraq using falsely marked Lockheed U-2 spy planes to provide an excuse for war. (Guardian)
2005 Eleven people die in a Baghdad bombing, according to the Al-Zaman newspaper. Of these, eight are policemen or soldiers. (Informed Comment)
2004 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2003 The term of Czech Republic President Václav Havel ends without an elected successor to fill the position.
1999 Hugo Chávez becomes President of Venezuela.
1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in NYC for cocaine overdose
1997 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus closes at Gershwin, New York City
1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA.
1995 Moliere Comedies opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song
1992 IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 versus New Zealand at Wellington.
1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl Princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
1987 Kansas City Royals' pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires.
1986 Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
1985 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano.
1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
1982 Late Night with David Letterman premieres on NBC
1981 Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at age 88.
1980 (to February 3) New Mexico State Penitentiary inmates riot; 33 are killed and more than 100 injured.
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1976 Honeymooners Second Honeymoon airs on TV
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea, Ethiopia.
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary".
1973 Midnight Special rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1970 Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points.
1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin bombed.
1967 Formation of the American Basketball Association is announced.
1965 Joe Ortons Loot, premieres in Brighton
1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame.
1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam
1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss.
1959 Vince Lombardi signs a five-year contract to coach the Green Bay Packers.
1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
1957 Candide closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1955 First Presidential news conference on network TV - Dwight Eisenhower on ABC.
1954 Snow falls on Gibraltar
1952 George VI (King of the United Kingdom and his dominions, of Canada, of South Africa, of Australia, of New Zealand and of Ceylon) dies aged 56 after a long illness. He is succeeded by his daughter The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (now Elizabeth II), who is on a visit to Kenya. She is simultaneously proclaimed Queen of Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario.
1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1950 Arms & the Girl opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 134 performances
1949 1st 45 RPM record released
1948 US President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program.
1946 Nellie Bly closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 16 performances
1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp.
1944 Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
1942 US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
1940 Vsevolod Meyerhold is executed in the Soviet Union on charges of treason and espionage. He is cleared of all charges 15 years later in the first waves of de-Stalinization
1939 Hungary joins the Anti-Comintern Pact.
1935 Lie detector first used in US court (Portage, Wisconsin).
1934 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1933 A second international conference on disarmament ends without results, It tries to limit the army sizes of the major powers, while Germany is entitled to 200,000, Germany leaves the conference because a plan postpones the limitations for 4 years.
1932 Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia)
1925 Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) founded.
1923 Ethyl gasoline first marketed in USA, in Dayton, Ohio.
1922 It was 2:22:22 on 2 / 2 / 22
1920 Tarto / Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
1919 Monarchist riot in Portugal.
1914 Charles Chaplin makes his film début in the comedy short ''Making a Living''.
1913 New York football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe).
1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris.
1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state.
1904 US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey.
1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris.
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