| 962 |
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Otto I invades Italy and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1032 |
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Conrad II claims the throne of France. |
| 1494 |
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Columbus begins the practice using Indians as slaves. |
| 1571 |
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All eight members of a Jesuit mission in Virginia are murdered by Indians who pretended to be their friends. |
| 1626 |
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Charles I is crowned King of England. Fierce internal struggles between the monarchy and Parliament characterized 17th century English politics. |
| 1848 |
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The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo formally ends the Mexican War. |
| 1865 |
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Confederate raider William Quantrill and his bushwackers rob citizens, burn a railroad depot and steal horses from Midway, Kentucky. |
| 1870 |
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The press agencies Havas, Reuter and Wolff sign an agreement whereby between them they can cover the whole world. |
| 1876 |
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The National Baseball League is founded with eight teams. |
| 1900 |
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Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis agree to form baseball’s American League. |
| 1901 |
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Mexican government troops are badly beaten by Yaqui Indians. |
| 1916 |
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U.S. Senate votes independence for Philippines, effective in 1921. |
| 1921 |
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Airmail service opens between New York and San Francisco. Airmail’s First Day. |
| 1934 |
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Alfred Rosenberg is made philosophical chief of the Nazi Party. |
| 1939 |
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Hungary breaks relations with the Soviet Union. |
| 1943 |
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Last of the German strongholds at Stalingrad surrender to the Red army. |
| 1944 |
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The Germans stop an Allied attack at Anzio, Italy. |
| 1945 |
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Some 1,200 Royal Air Force planes blast Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe. |
| 1948 |
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The United States and Italy sign a pact of friendship, commerce and navigation. |
| 1959 |
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Arlington and Norfolk, Va., peacefully desegregate public schools. |
| 1960 |
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The U.S. Senate approves 23rd Amendment calling for a ban on the poll tax. |
| 1972 |
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The Winter Olympics begin in Sapporo, Japan. |
| 1978 |
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U.S. Jewish leaders bar a meeting with Egypt’s Anwar Sadat. |
| 1987 |
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Largest steel strike in American history, in progress since August, ends. |
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Born on February 2 |
| 1754 |
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Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Perigord, minister of foreign affairs for Napoleon I, who represented France brilliantly at the Congress of Vienna. |
| 1882 |
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James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (Ulysses, Portrait of a Young Man). |
| 1890 |
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Charles Correl, radio performer. |
| 1895 |
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George Halas, National Football League co-founder. |
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