February 2
1536 - The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.
1653 - New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated.
1709 - Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.
1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a large portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including present-day California and New Mexico.
1870 - The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.
1887 - The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
1913 - New York City’s rebuilt Grand Central Terminal officially opened to the public at one minute past midnight.
1914 - Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short “Making a Living” was released by Keystone Film Co.
1922 - James Joyce's "Ulysses" was published.
1925 - The legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a live-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana.
1943 - Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from Southern lawmakers.
1971 - Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.
1979 - Punk rock musician Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a drug overdose at age 21.
1980 - NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen in what became known as the "Abscam" scandal, a codename protested by Arab-Americans.
1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
2003 - Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.
2006 - House Republicans elected John Boehner of Ohio as their new majority leader to replace the indicted Tom DeLay.
2007 - The world's leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is "very likely" caused by humans and will be unstoppable for centuries.
2009 - Former first lady and U.S. senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state.
2011 - Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's central square on horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years.
2017 - Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of water-filled footlockers, police stormed Delaware’s largest prison, ending a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff with inmates; one hostage, a guard, was killed.
2020 - The Philippines reported that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan had died in a Manila hospital from the new coronavirus; it was the first death from the virus to be recorded outside of China.
2021 - Ahead of the second Senate impeachment trial of outgoing President Donald Trump, House Democrats filed a legal brief saying Trump had endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol on January 6; Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
2021 - The U.S. Senate approved Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation, making him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet position.
Birthdays
20 - Soni Nicole Bringas (actress)
25 - Ellie Bamber (actress)
32 - Lauren Bushnell Lane (reality star)
32 - Julia Fox (actress)
34 - Zosia Mamet (actress)
34 - Natalie Halcro (model)
36 - Gemma Arterton (actress)
36 - Blaine Larsen (singer)
41 - Emily Rose (actress)
44 - Rich Sommer (actor)
45 - Shakira (singer)
46 - Lori Beth Denberg (actress)
49 - Marissa Jaret Winokur (actress)
52 - Jennifer Westfeldt (actress)
56 - Adam Ferrara (actor/comedian)
60 - Michael T. Weiss (actor)
67 - Kim Zimmer (actress)
67 - Michael Talbott (actor)
68 - Christie Brinkley (model)
69 - Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman (reality star)
73 - Brent Spiner (actor)
73 - Jack McGee (actor)
76 - Howard Bellamy (singer)
78 - Bo Hopkins (actor)
85 - Tom Smothers (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - February 2
1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in New York City. The eight charter franchises were: Chicago White Stockings (now Cubs), the Philadelphia Athletics (not current franchise), Boston Red Stockings (now Atlanta Braves), Hartford Dark Blues, New York Mutuals, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Reds (not current franchise), and the Louisville Grays.
1892 - The longest boxing match under modern rules took place, going 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby.
1949 - Golfer Ben Hogan was seriously injured in an auto accident in Van Horn, Texas.
1964 - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward and Miller Huggins are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - The American Basketball Association was formed by representatives of the NBA. The league formed with 11 charter franchises: Anaheim Amigos, Dallas Chaparrals, Houston Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Kansas City, Kentucky Colonels, Minnesota Muskies, New Orleans Buccaneers, New York/New Jersey Americans (Nets), Oakland Americans/Oaks, and the Pittsburgh Pipers.
1969 - Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1970 - Pete Maravich of LSU becomes the first player in NCAA history to score 3,000 points in a college career.
1976 - Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and Cal Hubbard are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1997 - Scotty Bowman becomes the first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games.
2014 - The Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos 42-8 in East Rutherford, New Jersey to win Super Bowl XLVIII.
2020 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 n Miami to win Super Bowl LIV.
1536 - The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.
1653 - New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated.
1709 - Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.
1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a large portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including present-day California and New Mexico.
1870 - The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.
1887 - The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
1913 - New York City’s rebuilt Grand Central Terminal officially opened to the public at one minute past midnight.
1914 - Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short “Making a Living” was released by Keystone Film Co.
1922 - James Joyce's "Ulysses" was published.
1925 - The legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a live-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana.
1943 - Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from Southern lawmakers.
1971 - Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.
1979 - Punk rock musician Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a drug overdose at age 21.
1980 - NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen in what became known as the "Abscam" scandal, a codename protested by Arab-Americans.
1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
2003 - Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.
2006 - House Republicans elected John Boehner of Ohio as their new majority leader to replace the indicted Tom DeLay.
2007 - The world's leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is "very likely" caused by humans and will be unstoppable for centuries.
2009 - Former first lady and U.S. senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state.
2011 - Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's central square on horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years.
2017 - Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of water-filled footlockers, police stormed Delaware’s largest prison, ending a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff with inmates; one hostage, a guard, was killed.
2020 - The Philippines reported that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan had died in a Manila hospital from the new coronavirus; it was the first death from the virus to be recorded outside of China.
2021 - Ahead of the second Senate impeachment trial of outgoing President Donald Trump, House Democrats filed a legal brief saying Trump had endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol on January 6; Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
2021 - The U.S. Senate approved Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation, making him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet position.
Birthdays
20 - Soni Nicole Bringas (actress)
25 - Ellie Bamber (actress)
32 - Lauren Bushnell Lane (reality star)
32 - Julia Fox (actress)
34 - Zosia Mamet (actress)
34 - Natalie Halcro (model)
36 - Gemma Arterton (actress)
36 - Blaine Larsen (singer)
41 - Emily Rose (actress)
44 - Rich Sommer (actor)
45 - Shakira (singer)
46 - Lori Beth Denberg (actress)
49 - Marissa Jaret Winokur (actress)
52 - Jennifer Westfeldt (actress)
56 - Adam Ferrara (actor/comedian)
60 - Michael T. Weiss (actor)
67 - Kim Zimmer (actress)
67 - Michael Talbott (actor)
68 - Christie Brinkley (model)
69 - Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman (reality star)
73 - Brent Spiner (actor)
73 - Jack McGee (actor)
76 - Howard Bellamy (singer)
78 - Bo Hopkins (actor)
85 - Tom Smothers (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - February 2
1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in New York City. The eight charter franchises were: Chicago White Stockings (now Cubs), the Philadelphia Athletics (not current franchise), Boston Red Stockings (now Atlanta Braves), Hartford Dark Blues, New York Mutuals, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Reds (not current franchise), and the Louisville Grays.
1892 - The longest boxing match under modern rules took place, going 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby.
1949 - Golfer Ben Hogan was seriously injured in an auto accident in Van Horn, Texas.
1964 - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward and Miller Huggins are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 - The American Basketball Association was formed by representatives of the NBA. The league formed with 11 charter franchises: Anaheim Amigos, Dallas Chaparrals, Houston Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Kansas City, Kentucky Colonels, Minnesota Muskies, New Orleans Buccaneers, New York/New Jersey Americans (Nets), Oakland Americans/Oaks, and the Pittsburgh Pipers.
1969 - Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1970 - Pete Maravich of LSU becomes the first player in NCAA history to score 3,000 points in a college career.
1976 - Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and Cal Hubbard are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1997 - Scotty Bowman becomes the first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games.
2014 - The Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos 42-8 in East Rutherford, New Jersey to win Super Bowl XLVIII.
2020 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 n Miami to win Super Bowl LIV.
