Birthdates Which Occur on February 2:
1502 Damiao de G¢is Portuguese humanist scholar
1583 Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess
1595 Jacob van Campen painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)
1600 Gabriel Naud‚ France, librarian (Mazarin Library)
1649 Benedict XIII [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30)
1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn English actress/mistress of King Charles II
1669 Louis Marchand composer
1748 Christian Gottfried Thomas composer
1773 Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer
1780 Johannes van den Bosch gov-gen (Neth East Indies)
1802 Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault French chemist
1803 Albert Sidney Johnston Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1804 Leopold Eugen Mechura composer
1815 Nathaniel Collins McLean Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817 John Glover English chemist (sulfuric acid)
and Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer
1820 Hans E Schack Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
1827 Abner Monroe Perrin Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
and Oswald Aschenbach German painter
1835 Luigi Manzotti Milano, ballet choreographer
1840 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray composer
1844 Leander Schlegel composer
1847 Jules Fran‡ois Blasini Cura‡aos pianist/composer
1850 Carel V Gerritsen Dutch free thinker
1852 Hƒmid Abdlhak Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
and Teunis Stoel actor/director (Small Theater Rotterdam)
1856 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer
1857 Jan Six Dutch art historian/art collector
1859 Havelock Ellis US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
1861 Mehmed VI last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
and Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22)
and Solomon R Guggenheim philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC)
1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath German secretary of State (1932-38)
and Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum Dutch diplomat
and Leopold Fall Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
1875 Fritz Kreisler Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
1878 Christian Gauss educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
1881 Karl Frederick pistol champ (Olympic-gold-1920)
1882 James Joyce Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake)
and James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold)
1883 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer
1884 Julis Deutsch Austria politician/General Spanish rep army
and S Z Sakall Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca)
1885 Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
1888 Candelario Huizar composer
and Frank Lloyd Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist)
1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny French gen (Indo-China)
1891 Antonio Segni premier/president (Italy)
and Frank Foyston NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
1895 George S Halas [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1898 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)
1899 Benny Rubin Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show)
19-- Greg Antonacci NYC, actor (Vinnie-Busting Loose)
and Jane Waters XXX director (Traci's Big Trick, Pretty in Peach)
and Michael Weiss Chicago, actor (Michael Horton-Days of our Lives)
1900 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
1901 Connie Gilchrist Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
and Jascha Heifetz Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso
1903 Frank McGrath Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train)
1904 Jose Enrique Pedreira composer
1905 Ayn Rand writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead)
1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
1908 Cal Tinney Okla, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One)
and Clarence "Buster" Crabbe Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor
and Pavel Sivic composer
and Renzo Rossellini Italian composer
1909 Franc Albertson Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams)
1910 Hendrik HK Beernink Dutch politician (CHU)
1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer
and Johan J "Jussi" Bj”rling Swedish tenor
1912 Burton Lane Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
and Stefan Schnabel German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox)
1915 Evert Werkman Dutch journalist (Het Parool)
1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse Dutch author (Cider for Poor People)
1919 Allie Reynolds NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
and Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa Swiss vocalist
1920 An Wang founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
and Bonita Granville NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger)
and James Dickey author/actor (Deliverance)
and Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News)
1925 Michel Paul Philippot composer
1926 Elaine Stritch Detroit Mich, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
and Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
and Nydia M E Ecury Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
and Val‚ry Giscard d'Estaing pres of France (1974-81)
and Wanda Lewis Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
1927 Friedrich K Flick German industrialist
and Richard Ray (Rep-D-GA, 1983- ) [or Jan 2]
and Richard Vance Maxfield composer
and Stan Getz Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
1928 Howard Caine Nashville Tn, actor (Californians)
and Luigi Ciriaco De Mita PM of Italy (1988-89)
1929 Reiner Bredemeyer composer
1931 Andreas van Agt Dutch premier (CDA)
1932 Robert Mandan Clever Mo, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd)
1934 Skip Batten LA Calif, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1937 Martina Arroyo NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
and Tom Smothers NYC, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial)
1940 Alan "Tea" Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
and Thomas M[ichael] Disch US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
1941 Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer
1942 Bo Hopkins Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files)
and Graham Nash guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross)
1943 Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations)
1944 Andrew Davis Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London)
and Katherine Crawford LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & Kings)
and Ursula Oppens NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1945 Ronnie Goodson rocker
1946 Farrah Fawcett Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed)
and Howard Bellamy Darby Fla, vocalist (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow)
1947 Aleksandr Medved USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
and Derek Shulman rocker
and Peter Lucia rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1948 Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
and Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1949 Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
and Ross Valory SF, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
and Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow)
and Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1950 Barbara Sukowa Germany, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
and Osamu Kido wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1951 Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist
and Kim Zimmer Mich, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live)
1952 Simon MacCorkindale Cambridge Engl, actor (Jaws 3, MacBeth) [or 2/12]
1953 James Mndaweni South African worker's union leader/president NACTU
1954 Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (SI, Vacation)
1955 Brent Spiner Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)
and Michael Talbott Waverly Iowa, actor (Stan-Miami Vice)
1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwukee WI playmate (Feb, 1980)
1958 Dexter Manley NFLer (Wash Redskins)
and Holly Hunter Conyers Ga, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)
1960 Eric Shea actor (Castaway Cowboy)
1963 Stephen McGann actor
1966 Andrei Chesnokov Russia, tennis star
1968 Scott Erickson
1970 Erik at Hag soccer player (FC Twente, RKC)
and Ivica Vukov soccer player (FC Volendam)
1973 Radka Bobkova Prague Czech Rep, tennis star
and Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
2338 Data android character on Star Trek Next Generation
Deaths Which Occured February 2:
1032 Rudolf III last independent king of Bourgundy
1435 Johanna II lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
1491 Martin Schongauer German painter, dies at 40
1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg gov/viceroy of Friesland/Groningen
1563 Hans Neusiedler Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Italian composer, dies at 68
1597 Lucas van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 61
1660 Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
Jean BG duke of Orl‚ans brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
1673 Kaspar Forster composer, dies at 56
1685 Charles II King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies
1704 Guillaume FA de l'hospitale French mathematician, dies at about 62
1723 Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist, dies at 66
1750 Johann Graf composer, dies at 65
1769 Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
1779 Georg Philipp Kress composer, dies at 59
1789 Armand-Louis Couperin composer, dies at 61
1793 William Aiton English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
1804 Caesar Rodney US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62
1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux composer, dies at 79
1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, dies at 62
1828 Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt vice-admiral, dies at 78
1852 Fran‡ois MP Liberman French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
1881 Aleksej F Pisemski Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies
1882 Fabio Campana composer, dies at 63
1902 Emanuil Mandlov composer, dies at 42
1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
1909 Adolf Stoecker German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
1918 John L Sullivan Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux composer, dies at 55
1921 Luigi Mancinelli composer, dies at 72
1925 Antti Aarne Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
1929 Albert Steinrck German actor (Golem), dies
1931 Theodor Batthy nyi Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
1934 Ernesto Nazareth composer, dies at 70
1945 Karl F Goerdeler mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60
1952 Charles De Roche actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
Johann Babtist Thaller composer, dies at 79
1953 Gustav Strube composer, dies at 85
1954 Theodor Rogalski composer, dies at 52
1956 Charley Grapewin actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86
1957 Val‚ry Larbaud French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75
1960 Jeno Huszka composer, dies at 84
1961 Adolf Vogl composer, dies at 87
Anna May Wong actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at 56
1963 Herman Bouber [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
1965 Richard P Blackmur US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies
Richard Wurz composer, dies at 79
1969 Boris Karloff [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
Giovanni Martinelli opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83
1970 Bertrand Russell philosopher, MP, dies at 99 in Merioneth
Jaroslav Vogel composer, dies at 76
1972 Jessie Royce Landis actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
1973 Henry J Elias Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
1974 Jean Absil Belgian composer (Lesson B‚n‚dictions), dies at 80
1976 Johan[nes A] Card actor/stage manager (My Fair lady), dies at 78
Maurice Jacobson composer, dies at 80
1978 Wendy Barrie hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
1979 Sid Vicious musician (Sex Pistols), dies of a heroin overdose at 25
1980 William H Stein US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies
1981 Donald W Douglas US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
John Donner Dutch president of High Council, dies at 89
Louise Lorraine actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
1982 Stringfellow Barr US theorist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
1983 Roy Horb Suriname sargeant/putschist (Suicide)
Sam Chatman elder statesman of the blues, dies
1987 Alfred Lion record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
Patrick "Spike" Hughes Brit jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
1988 Clive Epstein brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
G Mennen Williams Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
1989 John Cassavetes US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies
1990 Joel Fluellen actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79
1992 Bert Parks [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
Jack [John T] Aitken British anatomist, dies
Maurice J Hill writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
Maurice L Kusell dies
1993 Fran‡ois Reichenbach French director (L'Am‚rique Isolate), dies
1994 Stephen Barclay actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Cond‚ French prince/Russian, dies
Andr‚ Frossard French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
Donald Pleasance English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
Fred Perry English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
Phillip Borsos Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season)
1996 Gene Kelly actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83
Holidays Which Occur February 2:
Great Britain Candlemas
US Groundhog Day (To ski or not to ski)
Religious Observances on February 2:
Ang, RC, Luth, Cong Candlemas (Presentation or Purification)
Christian Feast of St Cornelius
Liechtenstein, Vatican Candlemas/Feast of Presentation of Jesus
Prot Assignment of Mister into the Temple
RC Maria-Lichtmis
Witch Imbolg sabbat
1640 RC Commemoration of St Jeanne de Lestonnac, French foundress
Things to Remember for February 2:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
17 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
[Ancient Rome] Caput Nonarum in Roman calendar (a d iv Non Feb)
[Scotland] Term Day (quarterly rents due today)
Highlights in History Which Occur February 2:
506 King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
962 John XII crowned German King Otto I the Great Emperor
1032 Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy
1119 Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
1141 Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured
1461 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
1536 Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
1633 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome
1637 Zorilla's "El m s Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC)
1714 Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
1731 Georg F H„ndels opera "Poro," premieres in London
1732 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
1742 British Walpole govt resigns
1762 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London
1795 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres
1798 Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire
1802 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›)
1811 Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF
1823 Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
1829 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does œ60,000 damage
1843 US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govt committee
1848 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF
and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas
California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million
1852 Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Cam‚lias," premieres in Paris
1854 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"
1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
1864 -Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
1869 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
and Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY
1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
1878 Cottenot discovers asteroid #181 Eucharis
and Greece declares war on Turkey
1880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton
1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter, Baltimore
and Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in
Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ
1894 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
1904 US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church & state
1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
1910 M Wolf discovers asteroid #330 Adalberta
1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
1913 NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
and NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens
1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in NYC
1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #815 Coppelia
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #888 Parysatis
1919 Monarchist riot in Portugal
1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
and France occupies (German) Memel territory
and Russia recognizes Estonia's independence (Dorpat Peace)
1922 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
and US signs friendships treaty with Central American countries
1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1925 Belgian episcopal rejects liberalism, communism & socialism
and Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22« hours
1927 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in NYC
1931 1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
and 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
1932 Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia)
and Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
and Reconstruction Finance Corp organized
1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament
and G”ring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
and Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin
1934 Bishops warn against fascism/nazism
1935 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage Wisc
1942 LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
and US auto factories switch from commercial to war production
1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
1944 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands
and Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in NYC
1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp
1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1949 1st 45 RPM record released
and Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1951 -35øF (-37øC), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
and Snow falls on Gibraltar
1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC
1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1957 Liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd)
and UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
and WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
1959 Buddy Holly's last performance
and Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss
1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building
1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88 m) (John Uelses-16¬', Melrose Games)
and 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
and John Uelses pole vaults 488 cm
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
1964 Sjoukje D˜kstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
1965 Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton
1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution
and Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1968 Jumper Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1972 Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
and James R Schlesinger becomes director of CIA (until July)
1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
and Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
and Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
and Harvard College discovers asteroid #1940 Whipple
and Rebel offensive in Eritrea Ethiopia
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
and Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
and Govt troops & Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
and San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
1984 Lebanese army fight in Beirut
1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
and Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
1987 Philippines adopts constitution
1989 0øF (-18øC) or below in 15 US states
and FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader
and NL announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
and Pres FW De Klerk of South Africa announces Mandela will be free soon
& legalizes ANC & 60 other political orgs
1991 US postage is raised from 25› to 29›
1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
and Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
and NFC beats AFC 21-15 in pro bowl
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
1995 US space shuttle Discovery launched
Your Special Reminders for February 2:
1881 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1988 59øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 33rd day of the year with 332 days left (Numerology = 4)
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