February 2nd, 1946

Born on February 2nd, 1946

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What happened on February 2nd?

February 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.

February 2nd, 1594

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina dies at the age of 68.

February 2nd, 1725

J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.

February 2nd, 2012

The passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in rough conditions in the Solomon Sea, resulting in at least 88 deaths.

February 2nd, 2009

Omid, Iran's first domestically made satellite, was launched from Semnan Space Center.

February 2nd, 2004

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.

February 2nd, 1974

The F-16 Fighting Falcon (pictured), the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft currently in military service, made its first flight.

February 2nd, 1972

The Troubles: Protestors burned the British Embassy in Ireland following the massacre of 14 civilians in Derry by British forces.

February 2nd, 1942

The first act of the Norwegian resistance movement took place with the bombing of Oslo East Station by the Osvald Group to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.

February 2nd, 1934

The Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.

February 2nd, 1920

The signing of the Treaty of Tartu ended the Estonian War of Independence, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize the country's independence and renounce in perpetuity all rights to its territory.

February 2nd, 1913

New York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station by number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.

February 2nd, 1850

Ute Wars: Brigham Young announced his decision to go to war against the Timpanogos, who were hostile to the Mormon settlement at Fort Utah.

February 2nd, 1709

Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued by English captain Woodes Rogers and his crew after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Pacific, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

February 2nd, 1659

Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 2nd

Born on February 2nd, 1946

80

Alpha Oumar Konaré

President of Mali

*February 2nd, 1946, Kayes

80

Danica Purg

Slovenian academic

*February 2nd, 1946, Stogovci

80

Fernando Colomo

Spanish film director

*February 2nd, 1946, Madrid

75

Gordana Suša

Serbian journalist

*February 2nd, 1946, Belgrade †June 22nd, 2021, Belgrade

Same year
Born in 1946

79

Donald Trump

45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

79

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

79

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

80

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

79

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

79

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

79

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

80

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

79

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

79

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Acton †January 14th, 2016, London

80

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

79

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

80

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

80

Timothy Dalton

British actor of stage, film and television

*March 21st, 1946, Colwyn Bay

79

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

80

Dolly Parton

American singer, songwriter and actress

*January 19th, 1946, Pittman Center

80

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

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Public holidays on February 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday , Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas) which are celebrated on February 2nd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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