WillDekkard
02-02-2011, 04:40 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - February 2nd
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* 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.
* 1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
* 1207 Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
* 1461 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross takes place in Herefordshire, England.
* 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.
* 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 immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
* 1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
* 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
* 1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
* 1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria.
* 1913 Grand Central Terminal is 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.
* 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.
* 1946 The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
* 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 at 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 the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
* 1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
* 1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
* 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured 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.
* 2004 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
* 2007 Three tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 42 people.
* 2007 Widespread flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, begins, eventually killing 54 and causing more than US$400 million in damages.
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Happy Birthday Shakira !
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Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977)
This Date in History - February 2nd
c/p from Wikipedia
* 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.
* 1032 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
* 1207 Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
* 1461 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross takes place in Herefordshire, England.
* 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.
* 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 immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.
* 1876 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
* 1887 In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
* 1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
* 1901 Funeral of Queen Victoria.
* 1913 Grand Central Terminal is 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.
* 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.
* 1946 The Hungarian Republic is proclaimed.
* 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 at 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 the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
* 1982 Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
* 1987 After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
* 1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured 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.
* 2004 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
* 2007 Three tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 42 people.
* 2007 Widespread flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia, begins, eventually killing 54 and causing more than US$400 million in damages.
end of c/p
Happy Birthday Shakira !
http://www.hdtvtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5996&d=1296621429
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977)