Also on February 2
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Constitution Day (MX) · Día de la Constitución (MX) · Nelson Anniversary Day (NZ) · Saint Brigid's Day (IE)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Tu BiShvat ט״ו בשבט holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2012 — The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead. ↗
- 2005 — The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage. ↗
- 2004 — Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks. ↗
- 2000 — First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments. ↗
- 1990 — Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1995 — Paul Digby, English footballer
- 1995 — Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
- 1993 — Ravel Morrison, English footballer
- 1991 — Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
- 1991 — Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)