Today in History – February 2 in History
What happened on this day in history – February 2 in History
| 962 | Otto I invades Italy and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| 1032 | Conrad II claims the throne of France. | |
| 1494 | Columbus begins the practice using Indians as slaves. | |
| 1571 | All eight members of a Jesuit mission in Virginia are murdered by Indians who pretended to be their friends. | |
| 1626 | Charles I is crowned King of England. Fierce internal struggles between the monarchy and Parliament characterized 17th century English politics. | |
| 1848 | The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo formally ends the Mexican War. | |
| 1865 | Confederate raider William Quantrill and his bushwackers rob citizens, burn a railroad depot and steal horses from Midway, Kentucky. | |
| 1870 | The press agencies Havas, Reuter and Wolff sign an agreement whereby between them they can cover the whole world. | |
| 1876 | The National Baseball League is founded with eight teams. | |
| 1900 | Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis agree to form baseball’s American League. | |
| 1901 | Mexican government troops are badly beaten by Yaqui Indians. | |
| 1916 | U.S. Senate votes independence for Philippines, effective in 1921. | |
| 1921 | Airmail service opens between New York and San Francisco. Airmail’s First Day. | |
| 1934 | Alfred Rosenberg is made philosophical chief of the Nazi Party. | |
| 1939 | Hungary breaks relations with the Soviet Union. | |
| 1943 | Last of the German strongholds at Stalingrad surrender to the Red army. | |
| 1944 | The Germans stop an Allied attack at Anzio, Italy. | |
| 1945 | Some 1,200 Royal Air Force planes blast Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe. | |
| 1948 | The United States and Italy sign a pact of friendship, commerce and navigation. | |
| 1959 | Arlington and Norfolk, Va., peacefully desegregate public schools. | |
| 1960 | The U.S. Senate approves 23rd Amendment calling for a ban on the poll tax. | |
| 1972 | The Winter Olympics begin in Sapporo, Japan. | |
| 1978 | U.S. Jewish leaders bar a meeting with Egypt’s Anwar Sadat. | |
| 1987 | Largest steel strike in American history, in progress since August, ends. | |
| Born on February 2 | ||
| 1754 | Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Perigord, minister of foreign affairs for Napoleon I, who represented France brilliantly at the Congress of Vienna. | |
| 1882 | James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (Ulysses, Portrait of a Young Man). | |
| 1890 | Charles Correl, radio performer. | |
| 1895 | George Halas, National Football League co-founder. | |