February, 2nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 02, 1998:
A Cebu Pacific airlines DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104

Friday 02, 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.

Thursday 02, 1989:
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul ending nine years of military occupation.

Tuesday 02, 1982:
1986 - Nurse Anita Cobby is found Dead in a paddock in Prospect, She had been Robbed, Raped + Murdered. 5 men, Micheal Murphy, Gary Murphy, Les Murphy, Micheal Murdoch + John Travers Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, June 1987 for Anita Cobby's Murder

Saturday 02, 1980:
1980 - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.

Friday 02, 1979:
Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose.

Monday 02, 1976:
Groundhog Day gale of 1976 hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.

Wednesday 02, 1972:
British embassy in Dublin destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday

Tuesday 02, 1971:
In Uganda after a coup, Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader.

Thursday 02, 1967:
The American Basketball Association is formed.

Friday 02, 1962:
For the first time in 400 years Neptune and Pluto align.

Saturday 02, 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.

Friday 02, 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.

Tuesday 02, 1943:
World War II: The last Nazi forces surrender to the Soviets following the Battle of Stalingrad.

Friday 02, 1940:
Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.

Saturday 02, 1935:
The polygraph machine is tested for the first time. Leonard Keeler conducted the experiment in Portage, Wisconsin.

Thursday 02, 1933:
Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament.

Monday 02, 1925:
Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

Monday 02, 1920:
France occupies Memel.

Thursday 02, 1899:
The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne agrees Australia's capital (Canberra) should be located between Sydney and Melbourne.

Tuesday 02, 1897:
The Pennsylvania state capitol is destroyed by fire.

Wednesday 02, 1887:
In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.

Thursday 02, 1882:
The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.

Monday 02, 1880:
The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.

Saturday 02, 1878:
Greece declares war on Turkey.

Wednesday 02, 1876:
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.

Wednesday 02, 1870:
It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

Wednesday 02, 1848:
California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in California's gold country arrive in San Francisco.

Sunday 02, 1812:
Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, along the California coast.

Saturday 02, 1709:
Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

Sunday 02, 1653:
New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.

Sunday 02, 1536:
Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tuesday 02, 1509:
Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.

Sunday 02, 1119:
Callixtus II becomes Pope.

Thursday 02, 1032:
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.

Tuesday 02, 962:
Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/02-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 02

1987:
Martin Spanjers, American actor (b: February 2, 1987) (Biography of Martin Spanjers)

1983:
Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player (b: February 2, 1983) (Biography of Jordin Tootoo)

1977:
Shakira, Colombian singer (b: February 2, 1977) (Biography of Shakira)

1975:
Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek football player (b: February 2, 1975) (Biography of football (soccer))

1972:
Dana International, Israeli singer (b: February 2, 1972) (Biography of Dana International)
T-Mo, rapper (b: February 2, 1972) (Biography of T-Mo)

1969:
Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer (b: February 2, 1969) (Biography of Valeri Karpin)

1967:
Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player (b: February 2, 1967) (Biography of Arturs Irbe)
Kurt Andersson-Noorgard, Australian Softballer (b: February 2, 1967) (Biography of Kurt Andersson-Noorgard)

1966:
Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) (b: February 2, 1966) (Biography of Robert DeLeo)

1963:
Eva Cassidy, American singer (b: February 2, 1963) (Biography of Eva Cassidy)

1954:
Christie Brinkley, American model (b: February 2, 1954) (Biography of Christie Brinkley)

1949:
Brent Spiner, American actor (b: February 2, 1949) (Biography of Brent Spiner)
Ross Valory, American musician (Journey) (b: February 2, 1949) (Biography of Ross Valory)

1947:
Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b: February 2, 1947) (Biography of Farrah Fawcett)
Melanie Safka, American singer (b: February 2, 1947) (Biography of Melanie Safka)

1944:
Geoffrey Hughes, British actor (b: February 2, 1944) (Biography of Geoffrey Hughes)

1942:
Graham Nash, American musician (b: February 2, 1942) (Biography of Graham Nash)
Christine Keeler, British model (b: February 2, 1942) (Biography of Christine Keeler)

1937:
Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian (b: February 2, 1937) (Biography of Tom Smothers)

1932:
Robert Mandan, American actor (b: February 2, 1932) (Biography of Robert Mandan)

1931:
Dries van Agt, Dutch politician (b: February 2, 1931) (Biography of Dries van Agt)
Judith Viorst, American author (b: February 2, 1931) (Biography of Judith Viorst)

1927:
Stan Getz, American musician (b: February 2, 1927 ; d: June 6, 1991) (Biography of Stan Getz)

1926:
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician (b: February 2, 1926) (Biography of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)

1925:
Elaine Stritch, American actress (b: February 2, 1925) (Biography of Elaine Stritch)

1924:
Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American producer and musician (b: February 2, 1924) (Biography of Elfi von Dassanowsky)

1923:
James Dickey, American poet and author (b: February 2, 1923 ; d: January 19, 1997) (Biography of James Dickey)
Liz Smith, American gossip columnist (b: February 2, 1923) (Biography of Liz Smith (journalist))
Red Schoendienst, baseball player and manager (b: February 2, 1923) (Biography of Red Schoendienst)
Bonita Granville, American actress (b: February 2, 1923) (Biography of Bonita Granville)

1915:
Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (b: February 2, 1915) (Biography of Abba Eban)

1906:
Gale Gordon, American actor (b: February 2, 1906 ; d: June 30, 1995) (Biography of Gale Gordon)

1905:
Ayn Rand, Russian-born author (b: February 2, 1905 ; d: March 6, 1982) (Biography of Ayn Rand)

1901:
Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (b: February 2, 1901 ; d: December 10, 1987) (Biography of Jascha Heifetz)

1897:
Howard Johnson, American hotelier (b: February 2, 1897) (Biography of Howard Deering Johnson)

1895:
George Halas, American football player, coach, and league founder (b: February 2, 1895 ; d: October 31, 1983) (Biography of George Halas)

1890:
Charles Correll, American actor (b: February 2, 1890 ; d: September 26, 1972) (Biography of Charles Correll)

1888:
Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b: February 2, 1888 ; d: May 14, 1969) (Biography of Frederick Lane)

1887:
Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (b: February 2, 1887) (Biography of Ernst Hanfstängl)

1882:
James Joyce, Irish author (b: February 2, 1882 ; d: January 13, 1941) (Biography of James Joyce)

1878:
Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b: February 2, 1878 ; d: November 12, 1955) (Biography of Alfréd Hajós)

1875:
Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b: February 2, 1875 ; d: January 29, 1962) (Biography of Fritz Kreisler)

1846:
Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b: February 2, 1846 ; d: August 27, 1931) (Biography of Francis Marion Smith)

1841:
François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b: February 2, 1841 ; d: August 7, 1912) (Biography of François-Alphonse Forel)

1829:
Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (b: February 2, 1829) (Biography of Alfred Brehm)

1803:
Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b: February 2, 1803 ; d: April 6, 1862) (Biography of Albert Sidney Johnston)

1754:
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (b: February 2, 1754 ; d: May 17, 1838) (Biography of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand)

1717:
Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b: February 2, 1717 ; d: July 14, 1790) (Biography of Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon)

1711:
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (b: February 2, 1711) (Biography of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz)

1700:
Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b: February 2, 1700 ; d: December 12, 1766) (Biography of Johann Christoph Gottsched)

1695:
William Borlase, English naturalist (b: February 2, 1695 ; d: August 31, 1772) (Biography of William Borlase)

1669:
Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b: February 2, 1669 ; d: February 17, 1732) (Biography of Louis Marchand)

1650:
Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (b: February 2, 1650 ; d: November 14, 1687) (Biography of Nell Gwynne)

1649:
Pope Benedict XIII (b: February 2, 1649 ; d: March 2, 1730) (Biography of Pope Benedict XIII)

1621:
Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b: February 2, 1621 ; d: March 26, 1679) (Biography of Johannes Schefferus)

1613:
Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b: February 2, 1613 ; d: December 8, 1649) (Biography of Noël Chabanel)

1600:
Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b: February 2, 1600 ; d: July 10, 1653) (Biography of Gabriel Naudé)

1522:
Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b: February 2, 1522 ; d: October 5, 1565) (Biography of Lodovico Ferrari)

1506:
René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b: February 2, 1506 ; d: November 24, 1583) (Biography of René de Birague)

1502:
Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b: February 2, 1502 ; d: January 30, 1574) (Biography of Damião de Góis)

1494:
Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b: February 2, 1494 ; d: November 19, 1557) (Biography of Bona Sforza)

1455:
King Christian II of Denmark (b: February 2, 1455 ; d: February 20, 1513) (Biography of Christian II of Denmark)

1208:
James I of Aragon (b: February 2, 1208 ; d: July 27, 1276) (Biography of James I of Aragon)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/02-february/births.html

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People who died on February 02

2005:
Max Schmeling, German boxer (b: September 28, 1905 ; d: February 2, 2005) (Biography of Max Schmeling)

2004:
Bernard McEveety (d: February 2, 2004) (Biography of Bernard McEveety)

2003:
Lou Harrison, American composer (b: May 14, 1917 ; d: February 2, 2003) (Biography of Lou Harrison)

1997:
Sanford Meisner (d: February 2, 1997) (Biography of Sanford Meisner)

1996:
Gene Kelly, American dancer and actor (b: August 23, 1912 ; d: February 2, 1996) (Biography of Gene Kelly)

1995:
Donald Pleasence, English actor (b: October 5, 1919 ; d: February 2, 1995) (Biography of Donald Pleasence)

1992:
Bert Parks, American television host (b: December 30, 1914 ; d: February 2, 1992) (Biography of Bert Parks)

1987:
Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b: November 27, 1927 ; d: February 2, 1987) (Biography of Carlos José Castilho)
Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (b: April 21, 1922 ; d: February 2, 1987) (Biography of Alistair MacLean)

1979:
Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (b: May 10, 1957 ; d: February 2, 1979) (Biography of Sid Vicious)

1970:
Lord Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (b: May 18, 1872 ; d: February 2, 1970) (Biography of Bertrand Russell)

1969:
Boris Karloff, English actor (b: November 23, 1887 ; d: February 2, 1969) (Biography of Boris Karloff)

1956:
Charles Grapewin (d: February 2, 1956) (Biography of Charles Grapewin)

1950:
Constantin Carathéodory, mathematician (b: September 13, 1873 ; d: February 2, 1950) (Biography of Constantin Carathéodory)

1948:
Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b: October 5, 1894 ; d: February 2, 1948) (Biography of Bevil Rudd)

1925:
Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b: October 19, 1873 ; d: February 2, 1925) (Biography of Jaap Eden)

1922:
William Desmond Taylor (d: February 2, 1922) (Biography of William Desmond Taylor)

1907:
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b: February 8, 1834 ; d: February 2, 1907) (Biography of Dmitri Mendeleev)

1895:
Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b: August 3, 1817 ; d: February 2, 1895) (Biography of Archduke Albert (1817-1895))

1769:
Pope Clement XIII (b: March 7, 1693 ; d: February 2, 1769) (Biography of Pope Clement XIII)

1768:
Robert Smith (mathematician) (d: February 2, 1768) (Biography of Robert Smith (mathematician))

1714:
John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b: February 16, 1643 ; d: February 2, 1714) (Biography of John Sharp)

1712:
Martin Lister (d: February 2, 1712) (Biography of Martin Lister)

1704:
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital (d: February 2, 1704) (Biography of Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital)

1688:
Abraham Duquesne (d: February 2, 1688) (Biography of Abraham Duquesne)

1661:
Lucas Holstenius (d: February 2, 1661) (Biography of Lucas Holstenius)

1660:
Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b: January 25, 1615 ; d: February 2, 1660) (Biography of Govert Flinck)
Gaston, Duke of Orléans (d: February 2, 1660) (Biography of Gaston, Duke of Orléans)

1648:
George Abbot (English writer) (d: February 2, 1648) (Biography of George Abbot (English writer))

1594:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (d: February 2, 1594) (Biography of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

1580:
Bessho Nagaharu (d: February 2, 1580) (Biography of Bessho Nagaharu)

1529:
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (b: December 6, 1478 ; d: February 2, 1529) (Biography of Baldassare Castiglione)

1461:
Owen Tudor (d: February 2, 1461) (Biography of Owen Tudor)

1250:
Eric XI of Sweden (d: February 2, 1250) (Biography of Eric XI of Sweden)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/02-february/deaths.html