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.
- 1461 –Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer’s Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
- 1653 –New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
- 1812 –Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
- 1848 –California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
- 1901 –Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 1908 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1934 –The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1935 –Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1957 –Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
- 1966 –Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
- 1976 –The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1987 –After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
- 1989 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
- 1990 –Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
- 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.
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