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What happend on 2. February in History
In our data base we found 367 events happened on 2. February:
• 506: Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) a collection of Roman law. [category: Events]
• 962: Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. [category: Events]
• 1032: Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy. [category: Events]
• 1124: Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. c. 1064) [category: Deaths]
• 1207: Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established. [category: Events]
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• 1208: King James I of Aragon (d. 1276) [category: Births]
• 1218: Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186) [category: Deaths]
• 1250: Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216) [category: Deaths]
• 1260: Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz [category: Deaths]
• 1294: Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229) [category: Deaths]
• 1307: Oljeitu Temur Khagan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1265) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: King John of Denmark (d. 1513) [category: Births]
• 1461: Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England (executed after the Battle of Mortimer's Cross) [category: Deaths]
• 1461: Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England. [category: Events]
• 1494: Bona Sforza, queen of Poland (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1502: Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574) [category: Births]
• 1506: René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) [category: Births]
• 1512: Hatuey, Taíno chief and resistance leader [category: Deaths]
• 1522: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565) [category: Births]
• 1529: Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478) [category: Deaths]
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• 1536: Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1542: Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente. [category: Events]
• 1580: Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558) [category: Deaths]
• 1594: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653) [category: Births]
• 1613: Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1621: Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679) [category: Births]
• 1648: George Abbot, English writer [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1650: Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687) [category: Births]
• 1653: New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1660: Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1660: Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1669: Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732) [category: Births]
• 1675: Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (born ca.1594) [category: Deaths]
• 1677: Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745) [category: Births]
• 1688: Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769) [category: Births]
• 1695: William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1700: Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1704: Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1712: Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician [category: Deaths]
• 1714: Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1714: John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1723: Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat and statesman (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1768: Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1769: Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Henri de Rigny, French admiral and statesman (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1786: Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1802: Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1802: Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1804: George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1749-50) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1829: William Stanley, inventor and engineer (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1841: François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1842: Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1848: California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1848: Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. [category: Events]
• 1849: Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1851: José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1860: Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1861: Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1862: Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1866: Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1873: Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1873: Leo Fall, Austrian operetta composer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1875: Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1876: The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. [category: Events]
• 1878: Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1878: Joe Lydon, American welterweight boxer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1880: Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1881: Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1882: James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1882: Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1887: Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1887: Pat Sullivan, Australian cartoonist, pioneer animator and film producer (Felix the Cat) (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed. [category: Events]
• 1888: Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1889: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1890: Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1892: Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1893: Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1893: Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: Sukhbaatar Damdin, Mongolian national hero, The leather of National revolution (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1895: George Halas, American NFL co-founder (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1895: Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1897: Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1897: Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1899: The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne. [category: Events]
• 1900: Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1901: Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1901: Funeral of Queen Victoria [category: Events]
• 1902: Jane Ising, German-born wife of Ernst Ising (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1902: Newbold Morris, American politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1904: William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author and philosopher (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1905: Henri Germain, French banker et politician, founder of Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Wes Ferrell, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1909: Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1909: Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1912: Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1913: Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1913: Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1914: Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1915: Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1917: Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader [category: Births]
• 1918: Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1918: John L. Sullivan, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1919: Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: France occupies Memel. [category: Events]
• 1920: The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. [category: Events]
• 1922: Ulysses by James Joyce is published. [category: Events]
• 1923: Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1923: James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: Liz Smith, American gossip columnist [category: Births]
• 1923: Red Schoendienst, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1924: Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born American producer and musician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jack Clemmons, American law enforcement officer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1925: Elaine Stritch, American actress [category: Births]
• 1925: Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. [category: Events]
• 1925: The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. [category: Events]
• 1926: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician [category: Births]
• 1926: Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Doris Sams, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1927: Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1928: Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr, American civil rights activist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1929: George Band, British mountaineer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1929: Věra Chytilová, Czech director [category: Births]
• 1931: Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982 [category: Births]
• 1931: John Paul Harney, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Judith Viorst, American author [category: Births]
• 1931: Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1932: Arthur Lyman, American jazz musician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Mandan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Agha Petros, Assyrian nationalist leader (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1935: Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist [category: Births]
• 1935: Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine. [category: Events]
• 1936: Duane Jones, American actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1937: Anthony Haden-Guest British American writer [category: Births]
• 1937: Don Buford, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Remak Ramsay, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian [category: Births]
• 1938: Gene MacLellan, Canacian singer and songwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1939: Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1939: Bernhard Gregory, Baltic German chess player (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Alan Caddy, British musician (The Tornados), arranger and record producer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1940: David Jason, English actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Thomas Disch, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1940: Wayne Fontes, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1941: Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009 [category: Births]
• 1941: Terry Biddlecombe, English horse racing jockey [category: Births]
• 1942: Graham Nash, English-American musician (The Hollies and Crosby & Nash) [category: Births]
• 1942: Jang Sung-taek, North Korean politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian theatre entrepreneur (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Susan Hanson, English actress [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Andrew Davis, British conductor [category: Births]
• 1944: Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1944: Karen Foss, American broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1945: Alfred Delp, German Jesuit priest, member of the German resistance (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, member of the German resistance (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Johannes Popitz, Prussian finance minister, member of the German resistance (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Blake Clark, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1947: Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1948: Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire) [category: Births]
• 1948: Ina Garten, American author and TV personality [category: Births]
• 1948: Roger Williamson, English racecar driver (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1948: Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Brent Spiner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1949: Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager [category: Births]
• 1949: Ross Valory, American musician (Journey) [category: Births]
• 1949: Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1950: Barbara Sukowa, German actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1950: Osamu Kido, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1950: Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1952: John Cornyn, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Callistratus, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter [category: Births]
• 1954: Christie Brinkley, American model [category: Births]
• 1954: Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1954: John Tudor, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Kim Zimmer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, writer and translator [category: Births]
• 1955: Virginia Leng, British equestrian [category: Births]
• 1956: Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Truxtun Hare, American track and field athlete (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Phil Barney, French singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. [category: Events]
• 1958: Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright [category: Births]
• 1960: Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist [category: Births]
• 1961: Lauren Lane, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve Penney, National Hockey League goaltender [category: Births]
• 1961: Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Andy Fordham, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael T. Weiss, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Kilgus, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Philippe Claudel, French writer and film director [category: Births]
• 1962: Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-born Israeli biochemist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Philip Laats, Belgian judoka [category: Births]
• 1965: Carl Airey, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1966: Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1966: Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands [category: Births]
• 1966: Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) [category: Births]
• 1966: Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. [category: Events]
• 1967: Artūrs Irbe, Latvian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Laurent Nkunda, Congolese military leader [category: Births]
• 1968: Scott Erickson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Sean Elliott, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Simon Wickham-Smith, British musician [category: Births]
• 1968: Thomas Teige, German martial artist, actor and record holder [category: Births]
• 1969: Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. [category: Events]
• 1972: Dana International, Israeli singer [category: Births]
• 1972: Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. [category: Events]
• 1973: Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1973: Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1975: Donald Driver, American football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and archivist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: James Hickman, British swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Lori Beth Denberg, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. [category: Events]
• 1977: Libor Sionko, Czech football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Shakira, Colombian singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Barry Ferguson, Scottish football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Eden Espinosa, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Rich Sommer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler [category: Births]
• 1979: Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter [category: Births]
• 1979: Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Shamita Shetty, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Urmo Aava, Estonian rally driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Sid Vicious, English musician (Sex Pistols) (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Angela Finger-Erben, German television presenter [category: Births]
• 1980: Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Radric Davis, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress [category: Deaths]
• 1980: William Howard Stein, Nobel laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. [category: Events]
• 1981: Michelle Bass, English reality TV star and glamour model [category: Births]
• 1981: Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1982: Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: February 1982 Hama massacre: the government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. [category: Events]
• 1983: Alex Westaway, British musician (Fightstar) [category: Births]
• 1983: Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete [category: Births]
• 1983: Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Will South, British musician (Thirteen Senses) [category: Births]
• 1983: Sam Chatmon, American blues musician (Mississippi Sheiks) (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter [category: Births]
• 1985: Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Martin Spanjers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution. [category: Events]
• 1988: Marcel Bozzuffi, French film actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Auntie Anne's was founded by Anne F. Beiler in Lancaster, Pennsylvania [category: Events]
• 1989: Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. [category: Events]
• 1990: Dan Gosling, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela. [category: Events]
• 1991: Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Danielle White, American singer (American Juniors) [category: Births]
• 1992: Bert Parks, American television host (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ravel Morrison, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: François Reichenbach, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Arfa Karim, Pakistani Youngest Microsoft Professional (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1995: Paul Digby, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1995: Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Thomas Hayward, American tenor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Barry Morse, Anglo-Canadian actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalues the Zimbabwean dollar for the third and final time, making Z$1 trillion now only Z$1 of the new currency (this is equivalent to Z$10 septillion before the first devaluation). [category: Events]
• 2011: Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jane Ising, German-born wife of Ernst Ising (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• _: A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bun Day (Iceland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (The Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cornelius the Centurion [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fastelavn (Denmark) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Groundhog Day (United States and Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Imbolc in northern hemisphere, Lughnasadh in southern hemisphere (Neopaganism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Inventor's Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: La Chandeleur or Crêpe Day (France) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rosenmontag (Germany) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Wetlands Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]