What Happened On February 2

What Happened On Feb 2 Timeline

1769 Feb 2 Pope Clement XIII dies
Much the same fate awaited them in the territories of the Bourbon Duke of Parma and Piacenza, advised by the liberal minister Guillaume du Tillot. In 1768 Clement XIII issued a strong pro...
1817 Feb 2 Thomas Carleton Dies
Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – February 2, 1817) was an army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. Born in Ireland to Christoper Carleton and his wife Catherine Ball, he was th...
1831 Feb 2 Bartolomeo Cappellari (Gregory XVI) elected Pope
Pope Gregory XVI (18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846), born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of the religious order of the Camaldolese, was Pope of the Catholic Church ...
1848 Feb 2 Mexican CessionTreaty Is Signed
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name for the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hi...
1848 Feb 2 Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Is Signed
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico City on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War and extending the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean. The term...
1869 Feb 2 Charles Brady King inventor of jackhammer is born
Charles Brady King, inventor of the jack hammer, is born in Angel Island, CA. Considered by his peers to be the most versatile of the automotive pioneers. Engineer, artist, musician,...
1882 Feb 2 James Joyce is Born
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 to John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane Murray in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar. He was the oldest of ten surviving children; two ...
1886 Feb 2 First Groundhog Day Celebrated in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
According to folklore, if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, t...
1914 Feb 2 "Making a Living" (film) is Released
Making a Living is the first film featuring Charlie Chaplin. It premiered on February 2, 1914. Chaplin plays Edgar English, a lady-charming swindler who runs afoul of the Keystone Cops. ...
1914 Feb 2
to 1915 Sep 1
 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' Appears in 'The Egoist' Magazine
The distinctive characteristic of Joyce’s storytelling is his attempt to represent each stage of the boy’s developing consciousness in the language through which the child himself perceiv...
1922 Feb 2 The First Edition of 'Ulysses' is Published in Paris
The court claimed the content of Ulysses to be pornographic based on the characters preoccupation with sex and their colorful language. Soon after the ruling, watching a discouraged James...
1939 Feb 2 'Finnegans Wake' Is Published
Finnegans Wake, Joyce’s final work was created over a period of fifteen years with composition starting in 1923. It was finally completed in 1938. Joyce celebrated its eventual publicatio...
1943 Feb 2 Surviving German Forces, now Starving, Sick, and Low on Ammunition, Surrender at Stalingrad
The Germans inside the pocket retreated from the suburbs of Stalingrad to the city itself. The loss of the two airfields, at Pitomnik on 16 January 1943 and Gumrak on either 25 January, o...
1944 Feb 2
to 1944 Aug 10
 Battle of Narva (1944)
The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German army detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus in 2 February – ...
1959 Feb 2 Boston College defeats Harvard, 6-4
1959 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 7-4
1959 Feb 2 Buddy Holly's Last Concert at the Surf Ballroom
Following a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small airplane to take him to the next stop on the tour. He, Valens, Richardson, an...
1959 Feb 2 Incident at Dyatlov Pass
In 1990, the chief investigator, Lev Ivanov, said in an interview that he had been ordered by senior regional officials to close the case and classify the findings as secret. He said the ...
1967 Feb 2 Students Stage Protest at California State Capitol
Students stage an orderly demonstration in front of the California State Capitol protesting budget cuts and the governor’s request that a tuition be imposed for the first time in the Univ...
1970 Feb 2 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 5-0
1970 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Harvard, 5-3
1976 Feb 2 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 5-3
1976 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Harvard, 6-5
1981 Feb 2 Boston College defeats Boston University, 5-2
1981 Feb 2 Harvard defeats Northeastern, 10-2
1981 Feb 2 "Killers" by Iron Maiden Is Released
Killers is the second album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on February 2, 1981 in the UK, and June, 1981 in the US. The album was the first of their albums to feature g...
1987 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Boston College, 6-3
1987 Feb 2 Northeastern defeats Harvard, 5-4
1987 Feb 2 Stephen King publishes The Eyes of the Dragon
The Eyes of the Dragon is a book by Stephen King published in 1987. Previously, it was published as a limited edition hardcover by Philtrum Press in 1984. The mass-market version had been...
1991 Feb 2 MST3K Ep. 213 - "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster"
Godzilla and giant moth Mothra battle giant shrimp Ebirah.
1994 Feb 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Released in North America
Sonic the Hedgehog 3, often abbreviated and officially titled in Europe as Sonic 3, is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It was developed i...
1995 Feb 2 "The Highlights of 100, Part 1" - Season 6 Episode 14 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Highlights of 100" is an hour-long, two-part episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 14th and 15th episode for the 6th season, along with it being the 100th and 101st overal...
1995 Feb 2 "The Highlights of 100, Part 2" - Season 6 Episode 15 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Highlights of 100" is an hour-long, two-part episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 14th and 15th episode for the 6th season, along with it being the 100th and 101st overal...
1996 Feb 2 Gene Kelly Dies
Kelly died in his sleep at 8.15 a.m. on February 2, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 83, after a stroke – he had also suffered a stroke the year before. His body was crema...
1998 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 4-1
1998 Feb 2 Harvard defeats Boston College, 5-4
2002 Feb 2 Super Bowl XXXVI Patriots Beat Rams 20-17
Adam Vinatieri's 48-yard field goal as time expired gave the New England Patriots their first Super Bowl title. The Rams outgained the Patriots 427-267 in total yards, but the Patriots...
2004 Feb 2 Boston College defeats Harvard, 4-1
Boston College remained far ahead of the opposition after the first round of the Beanpot tournament. The Eagles (20-3-3 and ranked second in the nation) took a 4-1 victory over Harvard la...
2004 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 5-2
Harvard's Walt Greeley was MVP of the first Beanpot in 1952. He registered four goals and two assists as the Crimson defeated Boston College and Boston University at Boston Arena. Anot...
2004 Feb 2 Exodus release Tempo of the Damned
Tempo of the Damned is the sixth album by thrash metal band Exodus. It marked their first full-length album of new material in over 11 years, the last being Force of Habit released in 199...
2007 Feb 2 Groundhog Day Tornado Outbreak
The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007. Early morning temperatures had risen we...
2007 Feb 2 "Troll 2" Rifftrax is Released
"Be afraid...be twice as afraid!" So goes the tagline for Troll 2, the follow up, unsurprisingly, to Troll. A more fitting tagline might have been, "What the hell was that? Seriously, wha...
2008 Feb 2 Rebels Attack N'Djamena
The Battle of N'Djamena began on February 2, 2008 when Chadian rebel forces opposed to Chadian President Idriss Déby entered N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, after a three-day advance thro...
2008 Feb 2 UFC 81: Breaking Point
UFC 81: Breaking Point was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held on February 2, 2008 by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
2009 Feb 2 Boston University defeats Harvard, 4-3
Six skaters in crimson jerseys swarmed around Boston University goalie Kieran Millan as the clock wound toward 00.0. The net at the other end was empty. Harvard was making one last push t...
2009 Feb 2 Coldplay releases "Life in Technicolor II" single
"Life in Technicolor II" (Officially titled "Life in Technicolor ii"), is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay and the first single from the band's 2008 EP, Prospekt's March. ...
2009 Feb 2 Northeastern defeats Boston College, 6-1
On college hockey This was one Groundhog Day that had Northeastern's long-skittish, oft-disappointed fans particularly worried. What if the Huskies saw their shadow yesterday and retre...
2010 Feb 2 British Confection Giant Cadbury Is Taken Over By Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods (KFT.N) sealed a friendly deal to buy British candy maker Cadbury CBRY.L for about $19.6 billion (11.9 billion pounds) after frantic last-minute talks broke an impasse over pr...
2010 Feb 2 Dallas Stars defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-2
DALLAS - Considering the Wild can never beat the Dallas Stars on the road with either of its top two goalies, beating them with the third proved quite the chore Tuesday night. With Wad...
2010 Feb 2 Los Angeles Kings defeat New York Rangers, 2-1
LOS ANGELES - Olli Jokinen had been a Ranger for a few scant hours yesterday when he spoke about how little time he and Marian Gaborik have to adjust to one another. "It can't be long....