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
- 962 –Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
- 1536 –Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1542 –Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
- 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.
- 1901 –Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 1913 –Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
- 1925 –Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
- 1925 –The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
- 1927 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- 1935 –Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1946 –The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
- 1957 –Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
- 1971 –Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
- 1972 –The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
- 1974 –The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
- 1980 –Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 1982 –Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
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