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==Events==
* [[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 (1509)|Battle of Diu]] takes place near [[Diu]], [[India]], between [[Portugal]] and [[Turkey]].
*[[1536]] - [[Spain|Spaniard]] [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founds [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].
*[[1542]] - [[Portuguese people|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|The City of New York]]) is incorporated.
*[[1709]] - [[Alexander Selkirk]] is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Daniel Defoe]].
*[[1787]] - [[Arthur St. Clair]] is elected the 9th President of the [[President of the Continental Congress]] under the [[Articles of Confederation]].
*[[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 what is now [[Fort Ross, California]].
*[[1848]] - [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] is signed, ending the war.
* 1848 - [[California Gold Rush]]: The first ship with [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] emigrants seeking fortune in [[California]]'s gold country arrives in [[San Francisco, California]].
*[[1876]] - The [[National League|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 [[Australia]]n 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 Station]] was opened in [[New York City]].
*[[1920]] - The [[Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)|Tartu Peace Treaty]] is signed between [[Estonia]] and [[Russia]].
* 1920 - [[France]] occupies [[Memel]].
*[[1922]] - ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' by [[James Joyce]] is published in [[Paris]], [[France]].
*[[1925]] - [[1925 serum run to Nome|Serum run to Nome]]: [[Dog sled]]s reach [[Nome, Alaska]] with [[diphtheria]] serum, inspiring the [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race|Iditarod]] race.
*[[1933]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] dissolves the [[Germany|German]] [[Parliament]].
*[[1935]] - [[Leonarde Keeler]] tests the first [[polygraph machine]].
*[[1940]] - [[Frank Sinatra]] debuts with the [[Tommy Dorsey]] orchestra.
*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: The last [[Germany|German]] forces surrender to the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]s after the [[Battle of Stalingrad]].
*[[1946]] - The Proclamation of [[Hungarian Republic]] is made.
*[[1957]] - President [[Iskander Mirza]] of [[Pakistan]] lays the foundation-stone of the [[Guddu Barrage]] across river [[river Indus|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 [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 war]].
*[[1967]] - The [[American Basketball Association (1967-1976)|American Basketball Association]] is formed.
*[[1971]] - After a coup in [[Uganda]], [[Idi Amin]] replaces [[President]] [[Milton Obote]] as leader.
*[[1972]] - The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[embassy]] in [[Dublin]] is destroyed in protest over [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]].
*[[1974]] - The [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]] flies for the first time.
*[[1976]] - The [[Groundhog Day gale of 1976|Groundhog Day gale]] hits the north-eastern [[United States]] and south-eastern [[Canada]].
*[[1980]] - Reports surface that [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] personnel were targeting members of the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] in the [[Abscam]] [[sting operation]].
* 1980 - This [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey]] is formally founded.
*[[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 [[Europe]].
*[[1990]] - [[Apartheid]]: In [[South Africa]] [[President of 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]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|DC-9]]-32 crashes into a mountain near [[Cagayan de Oro]], [[Philippines]], killing 104.
*[[2002]] - The wedding of Crown Prince [[Willem-Alexander]] of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born [[Máxima Zorreguieta]] takes place.
==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 Orszagh Hviezdoslav|Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav]], Slovak poet (d. [[1921]])
*[[1851]] - [[José Guadalupe Posada]], Mexican artist (d. [[1913]])
*[[1860]] - [[Curtis Guild, Jr.]], 43<sup>rd</sup> [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. [[1915]])
*[[1861]] - [[Solomon R. Guggenheim]], American art collector and philanthropist (d. [[1949]])
*[[1873]] - [[Konstantin von Neurath]], [[Germany|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 Deering Johnson|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]])
*[[1902]] - [[Newbold Morris]], American politician (d. [[1966]])
*[[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]], Hall of Famer baseball player and manager
* 1923 - [[Liz Smith (journalist)|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, Jr.]], 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]])
*[[1936]] - [[Duane Jones]], American actor
*[[1937]] - [[Don Buford]], All-Star MLB outfielder
* 1937 - [[Remak Ramsay]], American actor
* 1937 - [[Tom Smothers]], American musician and comedian
*[[1939]] - [[Akbar Adibi]], Iranian scientist, father of electronics in Iran (d. [[2000]])
*[[1940]] - [[David Jason]], English actor
* 1940 - [[Wayne Fontes]], American football coach
*[[1942]] - [[Graham Nash]], American (British-born) rock musician
*[[1943]] - [[Susan Hanson]], English actress
*[[1944]] - [[Karen Foss]], American [[Presenter|broadcaster]]
* 1944 - [[Geoffrey Hughes]], British actor
*[[1946]] - [[Alpha Oumar Konaré]], ex-president of [[Mali]]
*[[1947]] - [[Farrah Fawcett]], American actress
*[[1948]] - [[Al McKay]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Earth, Wind & Fire]])
* 1948 - [[Roger Williamson]], English racecar driver (d. [[1973]])
*[[1949]] - [[Brent Spiner]], American actor
* 1949 - [[Ross Valory]], American musician ([[Journey (band)|Journey]])
* 1949 - [[Francisco Maturana]], Colombian football manager
*[[1952]] - [[Genichiro Tenryu]], Japanese professional wrestler
*[[1953]] - [[Duane Chapman]], American [[bounty hunter]].
*[[1954]] - [[Christie Brinkley]], American model
* 1954 - [[Hansi Hinterseer]], Austrian singer, actor, former skier
* 1954 - [[John Tudor (baseball player)|John Tudor]], American baseball pitcher
*[[1958]] - [[Michel Marc Bouchard]], Quebec playwright
*[[1960]] - [[Jari Porttila]], Finnish sports journalist
*[[1961]] - [[Lauren Lane]], American actress
* 1961 - [[Steve Penney (ice hockey)|Steve Penney]], [[National Hockey League]] goaltender
*[[1962]] - [[Andy Fordham]], English darts player
* 1962 - [[Paul Kilgus]], 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 former 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 general
*[[1968]] - [[Sean Elliott]], American basketball player
* 1968 - [[Scott Erickson]], MLB pitcher
*[[1969]] - [[Valeri Karpin]], Russian footballer
* 1969 - [[Tim Sherwood]], English 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]] - [[Eden Espinosa]], American singer and stage actress
* 1978 - [[Barry Ferguson]], Scotish football player
*[[1979]] - [[Fani Halkia]], Greek hurdler
* 1979 - [[Irini Terzoglou]], Greek shot putter
*[[1980]] - [[Teddy Hart]], Canadian professional wrestler
* 1980 - [[Gucci Mane]], African-American rapper
* 1980 - [[Oleguer Presas]], Spanish football player
*[[1981]] - [[Jason Kapono]], American basketball player
*[[1982]] - [[Han Ga In]], South Korean model/actress
* 1982 - [[Sergio Castaño Ortega|Sergio Castaño]], Spanish footballer
* 1982 - [[Kelly Mazzante]], American basketball player
*[[1983]] - [[Carolina Klüft]], Swedish athlete
*[[1983]] - [[Alex Westaway]], British musician
* 1983 - [[Will South]], [[Thirteen Senses]] frontman
* 1983 - [[Jordin Tootoo]], Canadian hockey player
*[[1987]] - [[Gerard Piqué]], Spanish football player
* 1987 - [[Martin Spanjers]], American actor
*[[1992]] - [[Danielle White]], American singer
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==Deaths==
* [[672]] - [[Chad of Mercia| Saint Chad]]
*[[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)|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 (mathematician)|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 (1817-1895)|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 Africa]]n 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|Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell]], English mathematician, writer and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1872]])
*[[1972]] - [[Natalie Clifford Barney]], American writer (b. [[1876]])
*[[1973]] - [[Hendrik Elias]], Belgian politician (b. [[1902]])
*[[1979]] - [[Sid Vicious]], English musician ([[Sex Pistols]]) (b. [[1957]])
*[[1980]] - [[William Howard Stein]], [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1911]])
*[[1982]] - [[Paul Desruisseaux]], French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b [[1905]])
*[[1987]] - [[Carlos José Castilho|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)|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 (band)|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)|Billy Henderson]], American singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]]) (b. [[1939]])
* 2007 - [[Joe Hunter (musician)|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]])
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==Holidays and observances==
* Ancient [[Latvia]] - [[Veja Diena]] observed.
* [[Czech Republic]] - [[Hromnice]].
* [[France]] - Chandeleur (= [[Candlemas]]), AKA "Crêpe (Pancake) 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.
* [[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]]).
* [[Cornelius the Centurion|St. Cornelius]]
* [[February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/2 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=02|day=02}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Feb&day=02 On This Day in Canada]
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[[uz:2-fevral]]
[[nds:2. Februar]]
[[pl:2 lutego]]
[[pt:2 de Fevereiro]]
[[ksh:2. Febrowaa]]
[[ro:2 februarie]]
[[ru:2 февраля]]
[[se:Guovvamánu 2.]]
[[sco:2 Februar]]
[[sq:2 Shkurt]]
[[scn:2 di frivaru]]
[[simple:February 2]]
[[sk:2. február]]
[[sl:2. februar]]
[[sr:2. фебруар]]
[[sh:2.2.]]
[[su:2 Pébruari]]
[[fi:2. helmikuuta]]
[[sv:2 februari]]
[[tl:Pebrero 2]]
[[ta:பெப்ரவரி 2]]
[[tt:2. Febräl]]
[[te:ఫిబ్రవరి 2]]
[[th:2 กุมภาพันธ์]]
[[vi:2 tháng 2]]
[[tg:2 феврал]]
[[tr:2 Şubat]]
[[uk:2 лютого]]
[[vec:2 de febraro]]
[[vo:Febul 2]]
[[fiu-vro:2. radokuu päiv]]
[[wa:2 d' fevrî]]
[[war:Pebrero 2]]
[[yo:2 February]]
[[zh-yue:2月2號]]
[[cbk-zam:2 de Febrero]]
[[bat-smg:Vasarė 2]]
[[zh:2月2日]]