February 2
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1971
Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
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Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
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Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
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After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
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Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
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Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.
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First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
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Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
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The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
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The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
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Slovenian NBA player Luka Doncic is traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis in one of the largest trades in American sports history.
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2006Lucas Bergvall, Swedish footballer
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2001Westcol, Colombian online streamer
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2000Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player
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1999Jeff Okudah, American football player
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1998Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model
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1997Ellie Bamber, English actress
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1996Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player
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1996Paul Mescal, Irish actor
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1996Harry Winks, English footballer
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1995Paul Digby, English footballer
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1995Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
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1995Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)
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