February 2nd, 1953

Born on February 2nd, 1953

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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, 1953

73

Gerhard Wägemann

German politician

*February 2nd, 1953, Weißenburg in Bayern

73

Wolfgang Wahlster

German artificial intelligence researcher

*February 2nd, 1953, Saarbrücken

73

Louis Sclavis

French jazz musician

*February 2nd, 1953, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

73

Vladimir Kovalev

Russian figure skater

*February 2nd, 1953, Moscow

73

Charles Petzold

American computer programmer

*February 2nd, 1953, New Brunswick

73

Jean-Loup Longnon

French jazz musician

*February 2nd, 1953, Paris

73

Cristina Altamira

Argentine female singer

*February 2nd, 1953, Buenos Aires

73

Allen C. Guelzo

American historian

*February 2nd, 1953, Yokohama

73

Stelios Prosalikas

Volleyball player

*February 2nd, 1953, Athens

73

Marc van den Broek

Artist

*February 2nd, 1953, Antwerp

73

Konstantin Sidenko

Russian admiral

*February 2nd, 1953, Khabarovsk

Same year
Born in 1953

73

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

72

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

72

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

73

Gernot Rohr

German-French association football player and manager

*June 28th, 1953, Mannheim

73

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

72

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

72

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

73

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

73

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

73

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

72

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

73

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

72

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

73

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

72

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

73

Jeb Bush

Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007

*February 11th, 1953, Midland

72

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

73

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor (1953- )

*May 16th, 1953, Drogheda

73

Christine Ebersole

American actress

*February 21st, 1953, Chicago

73

Guy Verhofstadt

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008

*April 11th, 1953, Dendermonde

Birthdays of famous people

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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Born on February 2nd, 1953
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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