On this day in History - Feb. 02

• 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
• 1032 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
• 1119 - Callixtus II becomes Pope.
• 1461 - Owen Tudor, decapitado depois da batalha de Mortimer’s Cross.
• 1494 - Bona Sforza, was born, queen of Poland and a second wife of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557).
• 1509 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.
• 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Santa María del Buen Aire today Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1556 - O pior terremoto da história atinge três províncias da China, causando a morte de aproximadamente 830.000 pessoas.
• 1559 - Damão é conquistado por Constantino de Bragança.
• 1641 - Prisão em Viena de Áustria do Infante D. Duarte, irmão de D. João IV, por pressão espanhola.
• 1648 - George Abbot, dies, English writer (b. ca. 1603).
• 1649 - Pope Benedict XIII was born, (d. 1730) .
• 1650 - Nell Gwynne, was born, English actress, royal mistress (d. 1687) .
• 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
• 1709 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
• 1711- Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, was born, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794).
• 1734. Forte abalo de terra em Faro e Portimão.
• 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, was born, French politician (d. 1838) .
• 1769 - Pope Clement XIII dies, (b. 1693) .
• 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate was born, general (d. 1862) .
• 1806 -George Engelmann was born (d. 4 Feb 1884). U.S. botanist, physician, and meteorologist who is known primarily for his botanical monographs, especially one on the cactus and also A Monography of North American Cuscutinae (1842).
• 1811 - Pedro João Baptista e Amaro José chegam a Tete, em Moçambique, completando assim a travessia de África, de costa a costa, iniciada em 1802 em Angola, em Cassengue.
• 1812 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
• 1825 - El Gobierno de Buenos Aires y el británico firman un tratado contra la trata de esclavos.
• 1829 - Alfred Brehm, was born, German zoologist (d. 1884) .
• 1832 - Ignacio López Rayón, muerte de, héroe de la independencia de méxico.
• 1841 - El Salvador se constituye en República unitaria e independiente.
• 1848 - Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the war.
• 1848 - California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese emigrants seeking fortune in California's gold country arrive in San Francisco.
• 1852 - Nace José Guadalupe Posada, pintor mexicano.
• 1852 - Se levanta la prohibición y se representa en París la "Dama de las Camelias".
• 1863 - Aparece el primer artículo de Samuel Langhorne Clemens firmado como Mark Twain.
• 1870 - It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.
• 1875 - Fritz Kreisler, was born, Austrian violinist (d. 1962) .
• 1876 - The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 1878 - Greece declares war on Turkey.
• 1878 - se funda en Argentina la ciudad de Resistencia (Chaco), en memoria del fortín establecido en el lugar, que resistió a las invasiones indígenas.
• 1878 - Alfréd Hajós, was born, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955) .
• 1880 - The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.
• 1882 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 1882 - James Joyce, was born, Irish author (d. 1941) .
• 1885 - El general Justo Rufino Barrios proclama en Guatemala la unión de la América Central.
• 1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, was born, pianist, politician (d. 1975) .
• 1888 - Frederick Lane, was born, Australian swimmer (d. 1969) .
• 1890. "A Portuguesa", o actual hino nacional, é executado pela primeira vez, num sarau realizado em Lisboa.
• 1890 - Muere en París Guillermo Rawson, fundador de la Cruz Roja Argentina .
• 1892 - Abertura do Porto de Santos, o maior do Brasil.
• 1895 - Archduke Albert, dies, Austrian general (b. 1817) .
• 1895 - George Halas, was born, American football player, coach, co-founder of the National Football League (d. 1983) .
• 1897 - The Pennsylvania state capitol is destroyed by fire.
• 1897 - Tratado de arbitrajes de límites en la Guayana Británica, firmado entre Venezuela y Gran Bretaña .
• 1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne agrees Australia's capital (Canberra) should be located between Sydney and Melbourne.
• 1901 - Jascha Heifetz, was born, Lithanian violinist (d. 1987) .
• 1905 - Ayn Rand, was born, author (d. 1982) .
• 1906 - Gale Gordon, wwas born, actor (d. 1995) .
• 1907 - Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev dies, (b. 8 Feb 1834). Russian chemist who developed the periodic classification of the elements.
• 1913 - Se inaugura en la ciudad de Nueva York la mayor estación ferroviaria del mundo.
• 1915- Abba Eban,was born, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002) .
• 1920 - Estonia declares its independence from Russia.
• 1920 - France occupies Memel.
• 1922 - Juan Marichal, historiador y escritor español.
• 1922 - William Desmond Taylor, dies, film director .
• 1923 - James Dickey, was born, poet, author (d. 1997) .
• 1923 - Liz Smith,was born, gossip columnist .
• 1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Awas born, ustrian-American producer and musician .
• 1925 - Elaine Stritch, was born, actress .
• 1925 - Jaap Eden, dies, Dutch skater and cyclist .
• 1925 - Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• 1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was born, French politician and President .
• 1927 - Stan Getz, was born, jazz musician (d. 1991) .
• 1931 - Dries van Agt, was born, Dutch politician .
• 1932 - La ciudad de Santiago de Cuba es devastada por un terremoto.
• 1933 - A sólo dos días de asumir como Canciller Hitler disuelve el Parlamento alemán.
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Parliament.
• 1935 - The polygraph machine is tested for the first time. Leonard Keeler conducted the experiment in Portage, Wisconsin.
• 1935 - Leonard Keeler realiza el primer test con el detector de mentiras.
• 1937 - Nace Eric Arturo del Valle, estadista panameño.
• 1937 - Tom Smothers, was born, American musician, comedian, half of the Smothers Brothers .
• 1940 - Conferencia de Paz de los Estados balcánicos celebrada en Belgrado.
• 1940 - Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
• 1942 - Graham Nash,was born, musician .
• 1943 - World War II: The last Nazi forces surrender to the Soviets following the Battle of Stalingrad.
• 1945 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leave to meet with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference.
• 1947 - Farrah Fawcett, was born, American actress .
• 1947 - Melanie, was born, singer .
• 1948 - Bevil Rudd, dies, South African athlete
• 1949 - Brent Spiner, was born, actor .
• 1950 - Barbara Sukowa, was born, actress .
• 1952 - A tropical storm forms north of Cuba and moves northeast making landfall in Florida. It is the earliest reported formation of a tropical storm on record in the Atlantic basin.
• 1954 - Christie Brinkley, was born, model .
• 1962 - Planets align : eight of the nine planets lined up for the first time in 400 years.
• 1963 - Más de 100 niños muertos en Biblian (Ecuador) al derrumbarse una escuela.
• 1967 - The American Basketball Association is formed.
• 1967 - Arturs Irbe, was born, Latvian ice-hockey player, goalkeeper .
• 1967 - O general Anastasio Somoza Debayle é eleito presidente da Nicaragua.
• 1967 - Robert Oppenheimer, fallecimiento de, físico estadounidense.
• 1969 - Boris Karloff, actor (b. 1887) .
• 1970 - Bertrand Russell, dies (b. 1872) English mathematician and philosopher; Nobel Prize.
• 1971 - In Uganda after a coup, Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader.
• 1972 - British embassy in Dublin destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday .
• 1972 - Dana International, was born, Israeli singer, transsexual, Eurovision Song Contest winner.
• 1976 - Aprovação da Constituição, pela Assembleia Constituinte eleita em 25 e Abril de 1975.
• 1976 - Groundhog Day gale of 1976 hit the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
• 1976 - Robo de 119 cuadros de la última época de Picasso en el palacio de los Papas de Aviñón.
• 1977 - Shakira, was born, Colombian, pop singer .
• 1978 - Bárbara Mori, nacimiento de, actriz uruguayo-mexicana.
• 1979 - Sid Vicious of Sex Pistols dies, (b. 1957).
• 1980 - William H.Stein dies, (b. 25 Jun 1911) ; American biochemist who (with Stanford Moore and Christian B. Anfinsen) was a cowinner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1972 for their studies of the pancreatic enzyme ribonuclease.
• 1980 - Abscam: Reports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in a sting operation.
• 1981 - Ecuador y Perú acuerdan un alto el fuego en su conflicto fronterizo, en una reunión de la OEA.
• 1981 - O Ministério dos Transportes apresenta o resultado do inquérito ao acidente de Camarate, em que perderam a vida, entre outros, o primeiro-ministro Francisco Sá Carneiro, e o ministro da Defesa, Adelino Amaro da Costa. A conclusão final diz não ter havido intervenção ilícita ou criminosa no bimotor Cessna.
• 1982 - Hama Massacre: The government of Syria attacked the town of Hama and killed thousands of people.
• 1983 - Russell John, was born, computer whiz .
• 1983 - Jordin Tootoo, was born, NHL hockey player
• 1986 - Oscar Arias Sanchez vence as eleições presidenciais na Costa Rica.
• 1986 - El Dalai Lama se encuentra con el Papa Juan Pablo II en la India.
• 1987 - Na famosa revista “People”, leitores norte-americanos elegeram a atriz Katharine Hepburn e o ator Cary Grant como os maiores atores de todos os tempos.
• 1987 - Castilho, dies, Brazilian legendary football goalkeeper.
• 1989 - Carlos Andrés Perez assume a presidência da Venezuela.
• 1989 - Cai o ditador do Paraguai Alfredo Stroessner, que se exila no Brasil.
• 1989 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul ending nine years of military occupation.
• 1990 - Apartheid: In South Africa President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to set Nelson Mandela free.
• 1992 - Bert Parks, dies game show host, Miss America host .
• 1994 - O estadista veterano Rafael Caldera assume a presidencia da Venezuela.
• 1995 - Donald Pleasence, dies, actor (b. 1919) .
• 1996 - Gene Kelly, dies, dancer, actor, director (b. 1912).
• 1997 - Raimundo Saporta, dies, presidente de honor del Real Madrid.
• 1998 - A Cebu Pacific airlines DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines killing 104 .
• 2003 - Lou Harrison, dies, composer (b. 1917) .