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What happened in history on this day: February 2?
On February 2 in ...
- 1798 - Federal Street Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, becomes first in US destroyed by fire.
- 1802 - First leopard exhibited in US, in Boston, Massachusetts (admission 25 cents).
- 1811 - Russian settlers establish Fort Ross trading post, north of San Francisco, California.
- 1843 - US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose governmental committee.
- 1848 - First shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco.
- 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends US-Mexican War; US acquires 500,000 square miles of land: Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona for $15 million.
- 1882 - Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- 1887 - Groundhog Day is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1892 - Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore, USA).
- 1894 - US warship Kearsarge is wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island.
- 1901 - Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
- 1912 - Frederick R Law parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe).
- 1923 - Ethyl gasoline first marketed in USA, in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1932 - Reconstruction Finance Corporation is organized in the USA.
- 1935 - Lie detector first used in US court (Portage, Wisconsin).
- 1942 - Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans.
- 1942 - US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
- 1944 - 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands.
- 1946 - The US Navy Department announces US submarine fleet sunk 1,944 Japanese major vessels during the war, including 194 warships, killing 276,000. The Navy also admits that the US violated the 1930 London Naval Treaty in ordering unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program.
- 1951 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greenburg, Indiana, USA (state record until 1994).
- 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower reports detonation of first Hydrogen bomb (done in 1952).
- 1955 - First Presidential news conference on network TV - Dwight Eisenhower on ABC.
- 1964 - GI Joe debuts as a popular American boy's toy.
- 1973 - James R Schlesinger becomes director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (until July).
- 1975 - Off Alaska, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1980 - FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors.
- 1980 - (to February 3) New Mexico State Penitentiary inmates riot; 33 are killed and more than 100 injured.
- 1991 - US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents.
- 1992 - Disney's Dixie Landings Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World.
- 1996 - Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA.
- 2007 - Three tornadoes cross a 70-mile path across Florida, USA, killing 21, injuring 100, destroying 1500 homes and mobile homes.
- 2022 - President Jeff Zucker of the CNN US cable TV network resigns.
Births on February 2
- 1899 - Birth of Benny Rubin in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show).
- 1900 - Birth of Asa Smith Bushnell Junior in Springfield, Ohio, USA; Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65).
- 1901 - Birth of Connie Gilchrist in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to Three Wives).
- 1903 - Birth of Frank McGrath in Mound City, Missouri, USA; actor (Wagon Train).
- 1906 - Birth of Gale Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Here's Lucy, Our Miss Brooks).
- 1908 - Birth of Cal Tinney in Oklahoma, USA; comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One).
- 1909 - Birth of Franc Albertson in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA; actor (Psycho, Alice Adams).
- 1923 - Birth of Bonita Granville in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger).
- 1923 - Birth of James Dickey in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; author/poet/actor (Deliverance).
- 1923 - Birth of Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; gossip columnist (New York Daily News, NBC-TV).
- 1926 - Birth of Elaine Stritch in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (My Sister Eileen, Company).
- 1926 - Birth of Wanda Lewis in Struther, Ohio, USA; actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show).
- 1927 - Birth of Stan Getz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey).
- 1928 - Birth of Howard Caine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Californians).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Mandan in Clever, Missouri, USA; actor (Chester - Soap, James - Three's a Crowd).
- 1934 - Birth of [Clyde] Skip Batten in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Byrds - "Turn Turn Turn").
- 1937 - Birth of Martina Arroyo in New York City, New York, USA; operatic soprano (New York Metropolitan).
- 1937 - Birth of Tom Smothers in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial).
- 1942 - Birth of Bo Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, The Rockford Files).
- 1944 - Birth of Katherine Crawford in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Gemini Man, Captains and the Kings).
- 1944 - Birth of Ursula Oppens in New York City, New York, USA; pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-New York City).
- 1946 - Birth of Howard Bellamy in Darby, Florida, USA; vocalist (Bellamy Brothers - "Let Your Love Flow").
- 1947 - Birth of Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; actress (Charlie's Angels, Burning Bed).
- 1949 - Birth of Ross Valory in San Francisco, California, USA; rock bassist (Journey - "Who's Crying Now", "Open Arms").
- 1949 - Birth of Sherry Mathis in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actress (Search for Tomorrow).
- 1951 - Birth of Kim Zimmer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live).
- 1955 - Birth of Brent Spiner in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Data - Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1955 - Birth of Michael Talbott in Waverly, Iowa, USA; actor (Stan - Miami Vice).
- 1958 - Birth of Holly Hunter in Conyers, Georgia, USA; actress (Broadcast News, Once Around).
- 1960 - Birth of Lee Chill in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Junior).
- 1962 - Birth of Michael T Weiss in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Jarod - Pretender, Dr Michael Horton - Days of Our Lives).
- 1966 - Birth of Bob Alan Estes in Graham, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open).
- 1968 - Birth of Scott Erickson in Long Beach, California, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1971 - Birth of Tony Miller in Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA; 400 metre runner.
- 1974 - Birth of David Buck in Honolulu, Hawaii; kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1979 - Birth of Brandee Dawn McCoskey; Miss Alaska Teen-USA (1996).
- 1979 - Birth of Lindsay Langston in Modesto, California; archer (Olympics-1996).
- 1982 - Birth of Kelly Mazzante; American basketball player.
- 1992 - Birth of Asya; American musician (Smoosh).
Deaths on February 2
- 1804 - Death of Caesar Rodney at age 62; US judge (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 1918 - Heavyweight boxing champion John L Sullivan of Massachusetts, USA, dies at age 59.
- 1965 - Richard P Blackmur, American critic/publisher (Good European), dies at age 61.
- 1980 - William H Stein, American biochemist (Nobel Prize 1972), dies at age 68 (born 1911).
- 1981 - Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at age 88.
- 1982 - Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at age 85.
- 1988 - G Mennen Williams, US Supreme Court justice, dies at age 76 in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1992 - Bert Parks [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America Pageant), dies at age 77 (born 1914).
- 1996 - Gene Kelly, American actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at age 83 (born 1912).
- 2008 - Death of Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925).
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