About February 2

February 2, 2025 is the 33rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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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 380 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.
  • 1461 –
    Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer’s Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
  • 1542 –
    Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
  • 1653 –
    New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
  • 1848 –
    California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
  • 1876 –
    The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
  • 1913 –
    Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • 1922 –
    Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • 1925 –
    The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • 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.
  • 1976 –
    The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
  • 1982 –
    Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
  • 1984 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
  • 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.
  • 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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