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February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of the year (333 in leap years).

Events

• 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the 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.
• 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 Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
• 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 Supreme Court of the United States 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 immigrants 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 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.
• 1940 – Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
• 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 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 – Three tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 42 people.

Births

• 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
• 1455 – King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
• 1494 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
• 1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
• 1506 – René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
• 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
• 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
• 1613 – Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
• 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
• 1649 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
• 1650 – Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
• 1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
• 1695 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
• 1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
• 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766)
• 1711 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
• 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
• 1717 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
• 1754 – Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat and statesman (d. 1838)
• 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1802 – Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
• 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
• 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
• 1829 – William Stanley, inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
• 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)
• 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
• 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician (d. 1915)
• 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
• 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman (d. 1956)
• 1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (d. 1962)
• 1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
• 1882 – James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
• 1887 – Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
• 1890 – Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
• 1895 – George Halas, American NFL co-founder (d. 1983)
• 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
• 1897 – Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
• 1902 – Newbold Morris, American politician (d. 1966)
• 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1912 – Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
• 1916 – Olaf Pooley, English actor
• 1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader
• 1918 – Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer
• 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player and manager
• 1923 – Liz Smith, American gossip columnist
• 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born American producer and musician (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress
• 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician
• 1927 – Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr, American civil rights activist (d. 1998)
• 1929 – George Band, British mountaineer
• 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech director
• 1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982
• 1931 – Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993)
• 1931 – Judith Viorst, American author
• 1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor
• 1933 – Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar
• 1936 – Duane Jones, American actor
• 1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player
• 1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor
• 1937 – Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian
• 1939 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (d. 2000)
• 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football coach
• 1940 – David Jason, English actor
• 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English horse racing jockey
• 1942 – Graham Nash, British-born American musician
• 1943 – Susan Hanson, English actress
• 1944 – Andrew Davis, British conductor
• 1944 – Karen Foss, American broadcaster
• 1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, British actor
• 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Mali politician
• 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Ina Garten, American author and TV personality
• 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1948 – Roger Williamson, English racecar driver (d. 1973)
• 1949 – Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager
• 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
• 1949 – Ross Valory, American musician (Journey)
• 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress
• 1952 – John Cornyn, American politician
• 1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model
• 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor
• 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, writer and translator
• 1955 – Virginia Leng, British equestrian
• 1957 – Phil Barney, French singer
• 1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Quebec playwright
• 1960 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
• 1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress
• 1961 – Steve Penney, National Hockey League goaltender
• 1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player
• 1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
• 1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian judoka
• 1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
• 1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
• 1966 – D. C. Douglas, American actor and director
• 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
• 1967 – Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
• 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese military leader
• 1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player
• 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player
• 1968 – Simon Wickham-Smith, British musician
• 1968 – Thomas Teige, German martial artist, actor and record holder
• 1969 – Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
• 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer
• 1970 – C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
• 1970 – Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
• 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress
• 1972 – Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican reggaeton artist
• 1972 – Dana International, Israeli singer
• 1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
• 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress
• 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
• 1975 – Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Niclas Wallin, Swedish hockey player
• 1976 – James Hickman, British swimmer
• 1976 – Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
• 1977 – Heather Martin, American gospel singer
• 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer
• 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech football player
• 1978 – Eden Espinosa, American singer and actress
• 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player
• 1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor
• 1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian rally driver
• 1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler
• 1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
• 1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
• 1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1980 – Gucci Mane, American rapper
• 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
• 1982 – Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
• 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1982 – Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress
• 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
• 1983 – Will South, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
• 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
• 1983 – Alex Westaway, British musician
• 1984 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor
• 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
• 1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor
• 1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
• 1992 – Danielle White, American singer

Deaths

• 1124 – Borivoj II, Duke of Bohemia
• 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
• 1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
• 1307 – Oljeitu Temur Khagan, Emperor of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1265)
• 1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
• 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
• 1580 – Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
• 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
• 1648 – George Abbot, English writer
• 1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
• 1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (b. 1608)
• 1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
• 1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
• 1704 – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661)
• 1712 – Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
• 1714 – John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643)
• 1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (b. 1666)
• 1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
• 1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
• 1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713)
• 1804 – George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1749-50)
• 1895 – Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
• 1904 – William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
• 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
• 1909 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (b. 1829)
• 1918 – John L. Sullivan, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858)
• 1922 – William Desmond Taylor, Irish film director (b. 1872)
• 1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
• 1932 – Agha Petros, Assyrian nationalist leader (b. 1880)
• 1942 – Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905)
• 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician, member of the German resistance (b. 1884)
• 1945 – Johannes Popitz, Prussian finance minister, member of the German resistance (b. 1884)
• 1945 – Alfred Delp, German Jesuit priest, member of the German resistance (b. 1907)
• 1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
• 1948 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
• 1950 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
• 1956 – Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
• 1961 – Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1962 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-born Israeli biochemist (b. 1914)
• 1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1970 – Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1872)
• 1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876)
• 1973 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1979 – Sid Vicious, English musician (Sex Pistols) (b. 1957)
• 1980 – Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress
• 1980 – William Howard Stein, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Sam Chatmon, American blues musician (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
• 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French film actor (b. 1929)
• 1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
• 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 1992 – Bert Parks, American television host (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1999 – David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (b. 1962)
• 2002 – Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
• 2002 – Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
• 2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
• 2007 – Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)

Holidays and observances

• A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
• Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity particularly Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Communion – Candlemas)
  • La Chandeleur or Crêpe (Pancake) Day (France)
• Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé)
• Christian Feast Day
  • Cornelius the Centurion
  • February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Virgin of Candelaria, Patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
• Feast of Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil)
• George III Day (University of King's College)
• Groundhog Day (United States and Canada)
• Hromnice (Czech Republic)
• Imbolc in northern hemisphere, Lughnasadh in southern hemisphere (Paganism)
• Veja Diena (Ancient Latvia)
• World Wetlands Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

My years are not advancing as fast as you might think. ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• selected by Kalki

2005

Anything different is good. ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• selected by Kalki

2006

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. ~ Coretta Scott King (recent death)

• selected by Kalki

2007

Well, it's Groundhog Day... again... ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• proposed by Kalki

2008

History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. ~ James Joyce in Ulysses

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2009

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ~ Abba Eban (born 2 February 1915)

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets. ~ James Joyce (born February 2, 1882)

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:06, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the sufferer. Terror is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the secret cause. ~ James Joyce

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile and cunning. ~ James Joyce

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Her image had passed into his soul for ever and no word had broken the holy silence of his ecstasy. Her eyes had called him and his soul had leaped at the call. To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life! A wild angel had appeared to him, the angel of mortal youth and beauty, an envoy from the fair courts of life, to throw open before him in an instant of ecstasy the gates of all the ways of error and glory. On and on and on and on! ~ James Joyce

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Art has arrived at the paradox that tradition itself requires the occurrence of radical attacks on tradition. ~ Harold Rosenberg (born February 2, 1906)

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Both art and the artist lack identity and define themselves only through their encounter with each other. ~ Harold Rosenberg

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The artist is obliged to invent the self who will paint his pictures. ~ Harold Rosenberg

• 3 InvisibleSun 07:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery. ~ James Joyce

• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The mocker is never taken seriously when he is most serious. ~ James Joyce

• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine. ~ James Joyce

• 3 Kalki 22:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination. ~ Jane Wagner (born 2 February 1935)

• 3 Kalki 09:23, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

One can't love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name. It's one or the other. ~ Ayn Rand (born 2 February 1905)

—This unsigned comment is by Japhy (talk • contribs) .

• 1 Kalki 18:13, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• 1 InvisibleSun 23:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the gun begins. ~ Ayn Rand

• 3 Kalki 18:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 though I like the concept attributed to the "gun". - Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You know how people long to be eternal. But they die with every day that passes. When you meet them, they’re not what you met last. In any given hour, they kill some part of themselves. They change, they deny, they contradict — and they call it growth. At the end there’s nothing left, nothing unreversed or unbetrayed; as if there had never been an entity, only a succession of adjectives fading in and out on an unformed mass. ~ Ayn Rand

• 3 Kalki 18:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours. ~ Ayn Rand

• 3 Kalki 18:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 This is way too long but I would give this a 2 if it were shortened to the last phrase "Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours." - Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire. ~ Ayn Rand

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC) 4 Kalki 18:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not playing by their rules anymore! ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a god — I'm not the God. I don't think. ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You're not a god. You can take my word for it — this is 12 years of Catholic school talking. ~ Andie MacDowell as "Rita" in Groundhog Day

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I like to see a man of advancing years throwing caution to the wind. It's inspiring in a way. ~ Andie MacDowell as "Rita" in Groundhog Day

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You can't plan a day like today. ~ Andie MacDowell as "Rita" in Groundhog Day

• 3 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

No matter what happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I'm happy now — because I love you. ~ Bill Murray as "Phil" in Groundhog Day

• 4 Kalki 23:53, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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Games released on February 2.

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Game releases

• 2005
  • Advent Rising for the Xbox

• 1999
  • California Speed for the Nintendo 64

• 1998
  • Grand Theft Auto for the PC in North America

From Familypedia

February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 332 days remaining until the end of the year (333 in leap years).

Events

• 672 - Death of Saint Chad, whose feast day this is.
• 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
• 1032 - Conrad II becomes King of Burgundy.
• 1119 - Callixtus II becomes Pope.
• 1509 - Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.
• 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1542 - Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
• 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
• 1709 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
• 1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time after an unsuccessful attempt on February 1.
• 1812 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, along the California coast.
• 1848 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the war.
• 1848 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in California's gold country arrive in San Francisco.
• 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.
• 1882 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven.
• 1887 - In Punxsutawney 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 - The Funeral of Queen Victoria.
• 1920 - Tartu Peace Treaty signed between Estonia and Russia.
• 1920 - France occupies Memel.
• 1925 - Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament.
• 1935 - The polygraph machine is tested for the first time. Leonard Keeler conducts the experiment in Portage.
• 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.
• 1945 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leave to meet with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference.
• 1952 - A tropical storm forms north of Cuba and moves northeast making landfall in Florida. It is the earliest reported formation of a tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin.
• 1957 - President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage across river Indus near Sukkur.
• 1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir dispute as number one item for the proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 war.
• 1967 - The American Basketball Association is formed.
• 1971 - After a coup in Uganda, Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader.
• 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 - Groundhog Day gale of 1976 hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
• 1980 - Abscam: Reports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in a sting operation.
• 1980 - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.
• 1982 - Hama Massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people.
• 1989 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending nine years of military occupation.
• 1989 - Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched in the Europe.
• 1990 - Apartheid: In South Africa President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to set Nelson Mandela free.
• 1998 - A Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104.
• 2002 - Wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Máxima Zorreguieta in Amsterdam.
• 2002 - Foundation of Eurodoc, the European Council for Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers, in Girona (Spain).
• 2006 - An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.

Births

• 1208 - James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
• 1455 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
• 1494 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
• 1502 - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
• 1506 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
• 1522 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
• 1600 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
• 1613 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
• 1621 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679)
• 1649 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
• 1650 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
• 1669 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
• 1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
• 1695 - François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
• 1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766)
• 1711 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
• 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
• 1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
• 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838)
• 1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1802 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
• 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
• 1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
• 1841 - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
• 1842 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
• 1849 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)
• 1851 - José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
• 1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
• 1873 - Konstantin von Neurath, German foreign minister 1932-1938 (d. 1956)
• 1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (d. 1962)
• 1878 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
• 1881 - Orval Overall, major league baseball pitcher (d. 1947)
• 1882 - James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
• 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
• 1888 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
• 1889 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
• 1890 - Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1893 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1893 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
• 1895 - George Halas, American football player, coach, and league founder (d. 1983)
• 1896 - Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
• 1897 - Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972)
• 1897 - Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
• 1900 - Willie Kamm, MLB third baseman (d. 1988)
• 1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
• 1905 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born author and philosopher (d. 1982)
• 1908 - Wes Ferrell, All-Star MLB pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1909 - Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1912 - Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997)
• 1913 - Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
• 1914 - Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
• 1915 - Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002)
• 1915 - Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
• 1916 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
• 1918 - Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer
• 1923 - James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
• 1923 - Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1923 - Red Schoendienst, baseball player and manager, and eventually Hall of Famer
• 1923 - Liz Smith, American gossip columnist
• 1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American producer and musician
• 1925 - Elaine Stritch, American actress
• 1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician
• 1927 - Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
• 1928 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, civil rights activist and author (d. 1998)
• 1931 - Dries van Agt, Dutch politician
• 1931 - Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993)
• 1931 - Judith Viorst, American author
• 1932 - Robert Mandan, American actor
• 1933 - Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar
• 1933 - Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1937 - Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian
• 1937 - Don Buford, All-Star MLB outfielder
• 1939 - Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist, father of electronics in Iran (d. 2000)
• 1940 - David Jason, English actor
• 1942 - Graham Nash, American (British-born) rock musician
• 1944 - Karen Foss, American broadcaster
• 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, British actor
• 1945 - David Friedman, American economist
• 1946 - Alpha Oumar Konaré, ex-president of Mali
• 1947 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress
• 1948 - Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter (Earth)
• 1949 - Brent Spiner, American actor
• 1949 - Ross Valory, American musician (Journey)
• 1949 - Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager
• 1952 - Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1954 - Christie Brinkley, American model
• 1954 - Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer, actor, former skier
• 1954 - John Tudor, MLB pitcher
• 1956 - Jim Neidhart, WWE
• 1958 - Michel Marc Bouchard, Quebec playwright
• 1960 - Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
• 1961 - Lauren Lane, American actress
• 1961 - Steve Penney, National Hockey League goaltender
• 1962 - Andy Fordham, English darts player
• 1962 - Paul Kilgus, baseball player
• 1963 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1965 - Carl Airey, English footballer
• 1965 - Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1966 - Andrei Chesnokov, Russian former tennis player
• 1966 - Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
• 1967 - Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
• 1967 - Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
• 1968 - Scott Erickson, MLB pitcher
• 1969 - Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
• 1970 - Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1970 - C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
• 1970 - Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress
• 1970 - Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
• 1972 - Dana International, Israeli singer
• 1972 - Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1972 - Tego Calderón , nominated reggaeton singer/rapper.
• 1973 - Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
• 1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 - Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
• 1975 - Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
• 1975 - Niclas Wallin, Swedish hockey player
• 1976 - James Hickman, British swimmer
• 1976 - Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
• 1977 - Shakira, Colombian singer
• 1977 - Libor Sionko, Czech football player
• 1977 - Heather Martin, American gospel singer
• 1978 - Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player
• 1978 - Eden Espinosa, American singer and stage actress
• 1979 - Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler
• 1979 - Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
• 1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1980 - Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
• 1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player
• 1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
• 1982 - Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
• 1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1983 - Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
• 1983 - Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
• 1987 - Martin Spanjers, American actor
• 1987 - Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
• 1992 - Danielle White, American singer

Deaths

• 1124 - Bořivoj II of Bohemia
• 1218 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
• 1250 - Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
• 1461 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
• 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
• 1580 - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
• 1594 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
• 1648 - George Abbot, English writer
• 1660 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
• 1660 - Gaston, French politician (b. 1608)
• 1661 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
• 1688 - Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
• 1704 - Guillaume François Antoine, French mathematician (b. 1661)
• 1712 - Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
• 1714 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643)
• 1768 - Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
• 1769 - Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
• 1802 - Welbore Ellis, British statesman (b. 1713)
• 1895 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
• 1904 - William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
• 1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
• 1918 - John L. Sullivan, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1858)
• 1922 - William Desmond Taylor, Irish film director (b. 1872)
• 1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
• 1932 - Agha Petros, Assyrian nationalist leader
• 1942 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905)
• 1945 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
• 1948 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
• 1950 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
• 1956 - Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1957 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
• 1969 - Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 - Lawrence Gray, American actor (b.1898)
• 1970 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (b. 1872)
• 1973 - Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
• 1979 - Sid Vicious, English musician (Sex Pistols) (b. 1957)
• 1980 - William Howard Stein, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905)
• 1987 - Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
• 1987 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
• 1988 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French film actor (b. 1929)
• 1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
• 1990 - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 1992 - Bert Parks, American television host (b. 1914)
• 1995 - Fred Perry, British former tennis player (b. 1909)
• 1995 - Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
• 1996 - Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912)
• 1997 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1999 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (b. 1962)
• 2002 - Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
• 2002 - Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937)
• 2003 - Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
• 2004 - Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
• 2007 - Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
• 2007 - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
• 2007 - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
• 2007 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
• 2007 - Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
• 2007 - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia - Veja Diena observed.
• Czech Republic - Hromnice.
• France - Crêpe Day.
• Paganism - Imbolc (in northern hemisphere), Lughnasadh (in southern hemisphere).
• Scotland - A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas).
• United States and Canada - Groundhog Day.
• University of King's College - George III Day
• Yemanja Celebration of Yemanja, the sea goddess.

Liturgical feasts

• Roman Catholicism - Candlemas, The Presentation of the Lord, The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, World Day for Consecrated Life (also February 3 in the United States).
• St. Adelbald
• St. Cornelius
• Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Encounter of our Lord with Simeon - Major Feast Day
• February 2

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada