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.
- 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.
- 1848 –Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
- 1887 –In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- 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.
- 1920 –The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
- 1925 –The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
- 1935 –Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1957 –Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
- 1965 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1976 –The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1980 –Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 1982 –Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
- 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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