About February 2

February 2, 2024 is the 33rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 8 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 2

  • 1032 –
    Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
  • 1207 –
    Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
  • 1536 –
    Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 1876 –
    The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • 1899 –
    The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 1901 –
    Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • 1913 –
    Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • 1920 –
    France occupies Memel.
  • 1920 –
    The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
  • 1925 –
    The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • 1927 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
  • 1935 –
    Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
  • 1946 –
    The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
  • 1966 –
    Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • 1971 –
    Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
  • 1972 –
    The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
  • 1980 –
    Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
  • 1987 –
    After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
  • 1990 –
    Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

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