{"id":2516,"date":"2019-02-02T05:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T00:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2019-05-31T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T10:49:05","slug":"history-of-2-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-2-february\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 2 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 2 February<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1536<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Spaniard\u00a0Pedro de Mendoza\u00a0founds\u00a0Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1645\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Battle of Inverlochy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1653\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0New Amsterdam\u00a0(later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1709\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Alexander Selkirk\u00a0is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring\u00a0Daniel Defoe&#8217;s adventure book\u00a0<i>Robinson Crusoe<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1848\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Mexican\u2013American War: The\u00a0Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\u00a0is signed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1850<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brigham Young\u00a0declares war on\u00a0Timpanogos\u00a0in the\u00a0Battle at Fort Utah.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1868\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pro-Imperial forces\u00a0captured\u00a0Osaka Castle\u00a0from the\u00a0Tokugawa shogunate\u00a0and burned it to the ground.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1876\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0National League of Professional Baseball Clubs\u00a0of\u00a0Major League Baseball\u00a0is formed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1887\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 In\u00a0Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania\u00a0the first\u00a0Groundhog Day\u00a0is observed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1899\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Australian Premiers&#8217; Conference held in\u00a0Melbourne\u00a0decides to locate Australia&#8217;s capital city,\u00a0Canberra, between Sydney and\u00a0Melbourne.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1901\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Funeral of\u00a0Queen Victoria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1913\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Grand Central Terminal\u00a0is opened in New York City.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1920\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0Tartu Peace Treaty\u00a0is signed between\u00a0Estonia\u00a0and Russia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1920<\/strong> \u2013 France occupies\u00a0Memel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1922\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<i>Ulysses<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0James Joyce\u00a0is published.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1925\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Serum run to Nome:\u00a0Dogsleds\u00a0reach\u00a0Nome, Alaska\u00a0with\u00a0diphtheria\u00a0serum, inspiring the\u00a0Iditarod\u00a0race.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1934\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0Export-Import Bank of the United States\u00a0is incorporated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1935\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Leonardo Keeler\u00a0administers\u00a0polygraph tests\u00a0to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1942<\/strong> \u2013 The\u00a0Osvald Group\u00a0is responsible for the first, active event of\u00a0anti-Nazi resistance\u00a0in Norway, to protest the\u00a0inauguration\u00a0of\u00a0Vidkun Quisling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1943\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0World War II: The\u00a0Battle of Stalingrad\u00a0comes to an end when\u00a0Soviet\u00a0troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1959\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern\u00a0Ural Mountains\u00a0in the\u00a0Soviet Union\u00a0die under mysterious circumstances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1966\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0after the\u00a0Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1971\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Idi Amin\u00a0replaces\u00a0President\u00a0Milton Obote\u00a0as leader of\u00a0Uganda.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1971<\/strong> \u2013 The international\u00a0Ramsar Convention\u00a0for the conservation and sustainable utilization of\u00a0wetlands\u00a0is signed in\u00a0Ramsar, Mazandaran,\u00a0Iran.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Reports surface that the\u00a0FBI\u00a0is targeting allegedly corrupt\u00a0Congressmen\u00a0in the\u00a0Abscam\u00a0operation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Hama massacre: The government of\u00a0Syria\u00a0attacks the town of\u00a0Hama.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 After the 1986\u00a0People Power Revolution, the\u00a0Philippines\u00a0enacts a new\u00a0constitution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Soviet-Afghan War: The last\u00a0Soviet\u00a0armored column\u00a0leaves\u00a0Kabul.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apartheid:\u00a0F. W. de Klerk\u00a0announces\u00a0the unbanning of the\u00a0African National Congress\u00a0and promises to release\u00a0Nelson Mandela.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 First\u00a0digital cinema\u00a0projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by\u00a0Texas Instruments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Swiss\u00a0tennis\u00a0player\u00a0Roger Federer\u00a0becomes the\u00a0No. 1 ranked men&#8217;s singles player, a position he will hold for a record\u00a0237 weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0Government of Canada\u00a0introduces the\u00a0<i>Civil Marriage Act<\/i>. This legislation would become law on\u00a0July 20, 2005, legalizing\u00a0same-sex marriage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Police officer\u00a0Filippo Raciti\u00a0is killed when\u00a0a clash\u00a0breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the\u00a0Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The ferry\u00a0MV Rabaul Queen\u00a0sinks off the coast of\u00a0Papua New Guinea\u00a0near the\u00a0Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday\u2019s Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2003\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Lou Harrison, American composer, and educator (b. 1917)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer, and scholar (b. 1920)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0James F. Lloyd, American pilot, and politician (b. 1922)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0John Kerr, American actor, and lawyer (b. 1931)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chris Kyle, American soldier, and sniper (b. 1974)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nicholas Brooks, English historian (b. 1941)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 2 February 1536\u00a0\u2013 Spaniard\u00a0Pedro de Mendoza\u00a0founds\u00a0Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1645\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Battle of Inverlochy. 1653\u00a0\u2013\u00a0New Amsterdam\u00a0(later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. 1709\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alexander Selkirk\u00a0is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring\u00a0Daniel Defoe&#8217;s adventure book\u00a0Robinson Crusoe. 1848\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mexican\u2013American War: The\u00a0Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\u00a0is signed. 1850\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brigham Young\u00a0declares war on\u00a0Timpanogos\u00a0in the\u00a0Battle at Fort Utah. 1868\u00a0\u2013 Pro-Imperial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82],"tags":[628,83,498],"class_list":{"0":"post-2516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history","8":"tag-2-february","9":"tag-history","10":"tag-todays-history"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/history-img.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab1DJ-EA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5033,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/5033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}