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| Birthday February 02, 1754 Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat |
| Birthday February 02, 1803 Albert Sidney Johnston born |
| Birthday February 02, 1859 Havelock Ellis, American physician & sex researcher |
| Birthday February 02, 1875 Fritz Kreisler, Austrian virtuoso violinist & composer |
| Birthday February 02, 1882 James Joyce is born |
| Birthday February 02, 1882 James Joyce, Irish novelist & poet (Dubliners & Ulysses) |
| Birthday February 02, 1895 George S. Halas (Papa Bear), end & coach for Chicago Bears |
| Birthday February 02, 1901 Jascha Heifetz, violin virtuoso |
| Birthday February 02, 1920 Dr. An Wang, founder of Wang Laboratories |
| Birthday February 02, 1923 James Dickey, writer |
| Birthday February 02, 1926 Valery Giscard d'Estaing, president of France (1974-81) |
| Birthday February 02, 1928 Elaine Stritch, Actress |
| Birthday February 02, 1937 Tom Smothers, comedian |
| Birthday February 02, 1937 Martina Arroyo, Opera singer |
| Birthday February 02, 1946 Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of Richard Milhaus (or 0221) |
| Birthday February 02, 1947 Farrah Fawcett-Major, in Texas--Charlie's Angels |
| History February 02, 1753 Candlemas |
| History February 02, 1781 Nathanael Greene finds fortification at Steele's Tavern |
| History February 02, 1812 Russians establish Fort Ross |
| History February 02, 1847 First Donner Party member dies |
| History February 02, 1848 1st shipload of Chinese arrive in SF Mexico sells US; Texas - California - New Mexico & Az for $15 million |
| History February 02, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed |
| History February 02, 1876 National League of baseball is founded |
| History February 02, 1876 National Baseball League formed with 8 teams |
| History February 02, 1880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton |
| History February 02, 1894 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef |
| History February 02, 1916 Zeppelin crashes into North Sea |
| History February 02, 1922 Murder in Hollywood: A tale of vice and vixens |
| History February 02, 1935 Lie detector 1st used in court - Portage Wi |
| History February 02, 1942 Quisling becomes prime minister of puppet regime in Norway |
| History February 02, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad |
| History February 02, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends |
| History February 02, 1949 United States rejects proposal for conference with Stalin |
| History February 02, 1962 First U.S. Air Force plane crashes in South Vietnam. |
| History February 02, 1962 8 of the 9 planets aligned for 1st time in 400 years |
| History February 02, 1970 Antiwar protestors sue Dow Chemical |
| History February 02, 1971 Idi Amin takes power in Uganda |
| History February 02, 1979 Sid Vicious dies of a drug overdose in New York City |
| History February 02, 1980 ABSCAM operation revealed |
| History February 02, 1981 Late Night with David Letterman premiers |
| History February 02, 1991 Hurley Haywood in quest to win fifth 24 Hours of Daytona |
| History February 02, 1996 Gene Kelly dies |
| History February 02, 2014 Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at age 46 |