Historical Events on February 2.

1.   World Wetlands Day

2.  1933, 2nd Feb: Adolf Hitler dissolved the German parliament.

3.  1943, 2nd Feb: World War II – German troops surrendered to the Soviet Union after the Battle of Stalingrad, and German troops began withdrawing.

4.  1952, 2nd Feb: Indian cricket team won the first Test in Madras.

5.  1953, 2nd Feb: All India Khadi and Village Industries Board formed.

6.  1957, 2nd Feb: Goa Liberation Struggle – Nanasaheb Gore, Madhu Limaye, Jagannathrao Joshi were released from prison in Goa.

7.  1971, 2nd Feb: A conference on the importance of wetlands held in Ramsar, Iran. To understand the importance of wetlands in human life, it was decided that February 2 should be celebrated as World Wetlands Day all over the world.

8.  2004, 2nd Feb: Tennis player Roger Federer held the record for the first consecutive ranking for 237 weeks.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 2.

1.   1882: James Joyce, an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. 

2.  1889: Amrit Kaur, an Indian activist, and politician.

3.  1897: Howard Johnson, an American entrepreneur, and businessman.

4.  1905: Ayn Rand, a Russian-American writer, and philosopher.

5.  1915: Khushwant Singh, an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist, and politician.

6.  1917: Kishan Lal, an Indian field hockey player. He was the first Indian captain of the hockey team after independence, which won the first gold medal for independent India.

7.  1923: Lalit Narayan Mishra, an Indian politician.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 2.

1.   1907: Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, and inventor.

2.  1970: Bertrand Russell, a British polymath.

3.  1978: Mahakavi G, an Indian poet, essayist, and literary critic of Malayalam literature.

4.  2007: Vijay Arora, an Indian actor in Hindi films and television.

5.  2014: Philip Hoffman, an American actor, director, and producer.