What Happened This Day In History The second of February ----------------------------- 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 baseballs 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. Airmails 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 Egypts 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) .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1895 George Halas, National Football League co-founder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1890 Charles Correl, radio performer. wish me good luck
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