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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