WillDekkard
02-02-2010, 02:42 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- February 2nd[Groundhog Day]
* 962 Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
* 1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
* 1509 The Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.
* 1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 1542 Portuguese under Christovγo da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baηente.
* 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
* 1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
* 1790 The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time.
* 1812 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
* 1848 Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
* 1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
* 1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
* 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey.
* 1880 The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
* 1882 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
* 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
* 1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.
* 1901 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place.
* 1913 Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City.
* 1920 The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
* 1920 France occupies Memel.
* 1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
* 1925 Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
* 1925 The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
* 1934 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
* 1935 Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
* 1940 Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
* 1943 World War II: The last German forces surrender to the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad.
* 1946 The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic is made.
* 1957 Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
* 1966 Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
* 1967 The American Basketball Association is formed.
* 1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
* 1972 The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday.
* 1974 The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
* 1976 The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
* 1980 Reports surface that FBI were targeting Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
* 1980 The Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is founded.
* 1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
* 1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines, Philippines made a new constitution.
* 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul.
* 1990 Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
* 1998 A Cebu Pacific Flight 387 DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104.
* 2007 Four tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 21 people.
- February 2nd[Groundhog Day]
* 962 Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
* 1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
* 1509 The Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.
* 1536 Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 1542 Portuguese under Christovγo da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baηente.
* 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
* 1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
* 1790 The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time.
* 1812 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
* 1848 Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
* 1848 California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
* 1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
* 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey.
* 1880 The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
* 1882 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
* 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
* 1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.
* 1901 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place.
* 1913 Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City.
* 1920 The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
* 1920 France occupies Memel.
* 1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
* 1925 Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
* 1925 The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
* 1934 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
* 1935 Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
* 1940 Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
* 1943 World War II: The last German forces surrender to the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad.
* 1946 The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic is made.
* 1957 Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
* 1966 Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
* 1967 The American Basketball Association is formed.
* 1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
* 1972 The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday.
* 1974 The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
* 1976 The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
* 1980 Reports surface that FBI were targeting Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
* 1980 The Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is founded.
* 1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
* 1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines, Philippines made a new constitution.
* 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul.
* 1990 Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
* 1998 A Cebu Pacific Flight 387 DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104.
* 2007 Four tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 21 people.