About February 2
February 2, 2021 is the 33rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 10 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 2
- 506 –Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
- 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.
- 1536 –Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1848 –Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
- 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.
- 1922 –Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
- 1934 –The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1946 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1946 –The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
- 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.
- 1971 –Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
- 1974 –The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
- 1976 –The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1989 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
- 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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