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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 20, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,738,454,400 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.
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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 380 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 4,426 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.
- 1653 –New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
- 1848 –California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
- 1876 –The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- 1901 –Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 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.
- 1965 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1976 –The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1982 –Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
Who were born on February 2?
- 1669 –Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
- 1882 –James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
- 1913 –Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
- 1919 –Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (d. 1999)
- 1940 –Wayne Fontes, American football coach
- 1948 –Ina Garten, American author and TV personality
- 1949 –Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish entrepreneur
- 1957 –Phil Barney, French singer
- 1975 –Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
- 1992 –Danielle White, American singer
Who died on February 2?
- 1260 –Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz
- 1594 –Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
- 1909 –Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829)
- 1944 –Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (b. 1882)
- 1950 –Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
- 1956 –Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
- 1973 –Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
- 1995 –Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
- 2004 –Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
- 2008 –Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)
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