Saturday, February 2, 2013

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – FEBRUARY 2

HISTORICAL EVENTS

1848  The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War. The United States acquires Texas, California, New Mexico and  Arizona for $15 million.



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1863 American author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens takes the name Mark Twain.



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1887 The First Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, PA. It was originally based on the Christian holiday Candlemas Day.



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1943 – The WWII Battle of Stalingrad ends with the surrender of the German 6th Army, under the command of newly-promoted Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus.



FAMOUS BIRTHS


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1803 – Confederate General Albert Sydney Johnston is born in Washington, KY. He was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.



1882  Irish novelist and poet James Joyce is born (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake).



FAMOUS DEATHS


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1784  Caesar Rodney, US judge and signator of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, dies at 62.


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1804  George Walton, signator of the U.S. Declaration of Independence dies (b. 1749-50).

1996  Dancer, actor, singer, choreographer Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly dies.


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