Today in History : February 2
1032 : Conrad II claims the throne of France.
1494 : Columbus begins the practice of 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.
1032 : Conrad II claims the throne of France.
1494 : Columbus begins the practice of 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.
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