What are the important events that happened on February 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 2 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 20, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,706,832,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontatrigon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,060 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 2 Historical Events
- 962 –Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
- 1542 –Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
- 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.
- 1920 –The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
- 1935 –Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1980 –Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 1984 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
- 1989 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
Who were born on February 2?
- 1841 –François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
- 1927 –Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
- 1946 –Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman (d. 2009)
- 1952 –John Cornyn, American politician, junior senator of Texas
- 1954 –Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor
- 1960 –Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
- 1973 –Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
- 1980 –Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1982 –Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
- 1983 –Will South, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
Who died on February 2?
- 1660 –Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (b. 1608)
- 1661 –Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
- 1704 –Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661)
- 1769 –Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
- 1907 –Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
- 1942 –Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian theatre entrepreneur (b. 1876)
- 1945 –Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, member of the German resistance (b. 1884)
- 1986 –Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
- 1987 –Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
- 2007 –Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
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