What happened this day in history February 2

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, 474,120 hours 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.

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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

  • 506
    Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law.
  • 962
    Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
  • 1207
    Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
  • 1848
    California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
  • 1908
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • 1920
    France occupies Memel.
  • 1925
    The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • 1934
    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
  • 1966
    Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • 1987
    After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.

Who were born on February 2?

  • 1912
    Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
  • 1940
    David Jason, English actor
  • 1947
    Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
  • 1949
    Brent Spiner, American actor
  • 1950
    Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1970
    Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1973
    Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
  • 1975
    Donald Driver, American football player
  • 1979
    Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
  • 1983
    Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player

Who died on February 2?

  • 1294
    Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
  • 1909
    Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829)
  • 1918
    John L. Sullivan, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858)
  • 1925
    Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
  • 1948
    Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
  • 1950
    Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
  • 1957
    Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
  • 1962
    Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-born Israeli biochemist (b. 1914)
  • 1973
    Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
  • 2007
    Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)

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