February 2nd, 1972

Born on February 2nd, 1972

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What happened on February 2nd, 1972?

February 2nd, 1972

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

What else 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, 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, 1972

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Patrizio Prata

Italian voice actor

*February 2nd, 1972, Milan

54

Hisashi

Musician

*February 2nd, 1972, Hirosaki

54

Zoë Keating

Canadian avant-garde cellist and composer based in San Francisco

*February 2nd, 1972, Guelph

54

Parisa Bakhtavar

Iranian film and television director

*February 2nd, 1972, Tehran

54

Naheed Nenshi

Canadian politician; 36th mayor of Calgary, Alberta

*February 2nd, 1972, Toronto

Same year
Born in 1972

54

Steve Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

54

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

48

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2020)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2020, Lommedalen

53

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

53

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

54

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

53

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player (born 1972).

*June 23rd, 1972, 16th arrondissement of Marseille

54

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

53

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

53

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

53

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

53

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

53

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

53

Vanessa Paradis

French singer, model and actress

*December 22nd, 1972, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

53

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

54

Mike Johnson

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

*January 30th, 1972, Shreveport

53

Idris Elba

British actor

*September 6th, 1972, London Borough of Hackney

53

Toni Collette

Australian actress and musician

*November 1st, 1972, Glebe

54

Wentworth Miller

British-born American actor

*June 2nd, 1972, Chipping Norton

54

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

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, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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