{"id":18220,"date":"2024-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18220"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:19:38","slug":"history-of-2-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-2-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 2 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 2 February<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> &#8211; The final edition of Garry Trudeau\u2019s comic strip, &#8220;Doonesbury&#8221;, appeared in 726 newspapers. &#8220;Doonesbury&#8221; began running again in September 1984.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> &#8211; The musical &#8220;Annie&#8221; closed on Broadway at the Uris Theatre after 2,377 performances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> &#8211; The Rebels of UNLV beat Utah State in three overtime periods. The final score of 142-140 set a new NCAA record for total points in a basketball game (282). The game took over three hours to play.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> &#8211; Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington,&nbsp;DC. She was the first black woman to head a city of that size and prominence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; AT&amp;T announced that it would eliminate 40,000 jobs over three years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Russia began circulating new rubles in an effort to keep inflation in check and promote confidence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s Stardust space probe collected samples from the comet Wild 2. The samples returned to Earth on January 15, 2006.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong> &#8211; The price of oil hit $100 per barrel for the first time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The ferry&nbsp;MV&nbsp;<em>Rabaul Queen<\/em>&nbsp;sinks off the coast of&nbsp;Papua New Guinea&nbsp;near the&nbsp;Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Sergio Casta\u00f1o Ortega, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kan Mi-Youn, South Korean singer, model, and host<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ronny Cede\u00f1o, Venezuelan baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013 Carolina Kl\u00fcft, Swedish heptathlete, and jumper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Anthony Fainga&#8217;a, Australian rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Saia Fainga&#8217;a, Australian rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Gerard Piqu\u00e9, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Javon Ringer, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Harrison Smith, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ravel Morrison, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Bobby Decordova-Reid&nbsp;English born Jamaican international footballer, forward<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Paul Digby, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Aleksander Jagie\u0142\u0142o, Polish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013 Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Harry Winks, English international footballer, midfielder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 2 February 1983 &#8211; The final edition of Garry Trudeau\u2019s comic strip, &#8220;Doonesbury&#8221;, appeared in 726 newspapers. &#8220;Doonesbury&#8221; began running again in September 1984. 1983 &#8211; The musical &#8220;Annie&#8221; closed on Broadway at the Uris Theatre after 2,377 performances. 1985 &#8211; The Rebels of UNLV beat Utah State in three overtime periods. 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