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

  • 506 –
    Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
  • 962 –
    Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
  • 1032 –
    Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1913 –
    Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • 1922 –
    Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • 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.
  • 1972 –
    The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
  • 1974 –
    The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
  • 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.
  • 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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