About February 2

February 2, 2020 is the 33rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 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 376 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.
  • 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.
  • 1653 –
    New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
  • 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.
  • 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 –
    France occupies Memel.
  • 1922 –
    Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • 1935 –
    Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
  • 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.
  • 1966 –
    Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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