Hello Steemians,
This is Day 2 of the ON THIS DAY blogs.
OUR DAILY HISTORY FACTS:
ON THIS DAY; FEBRUARY 2ND
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1962 - Otto I invades Italy and is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
1032 - Conrad II claims the throne of France
1494 - Columbus begins the practice of using Indians as slaves
1571 - All eight members of a Jesuit mission in Virginia are murdered by Indians who pretended to be their friends
1626 - Charles I is crowned King of England. Fierce internal struggles between the monarchy and Parliament characterized 17th century English politics
1848 - The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo formally ends the Mexican War
1865 - Confederate raider William Quantrill and his bushwackers rob citizens, burn a railroad depot and steal horses from Midway, Kentucky
1870 - The press agencies Havas, Reuter and Wolff sign an agreement whereby between them they can cover the whole world
1876 - The National Baseball League is founded with eight teams
1900 - Six cities, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis agree to form baseball's American League
1901 - Mexican government troops are badly beaten by Yaqui Indians
1916 - U.S. Senate votes independence for Philippines, effective in 1921
1921 - Airmail service opens between New York and San Francisco
1934 - Alfred Rosenberg is made philosophical chief of the Nazi Party
1939 - Hungary breaks relations with the Soviet Union
1943 - Last of the German strongholds at Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army
1944 - The Germans stop an Allied attack at Anzio, Italy
1945 - Some 1,200 Royal Air Force planes blast Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe
1948 - The United States and Italy sign a pact of friendship, commerce and navigation
1959 - Arlington and Norfolk, Va., peacefully desegregate public schools
1960 - The U.S. Senate approves 23rd Amendment calling for a ban on the poll tax
1972 - The Winter Olympics begin in Sapporo, Japan
1978 - U.S. Jewish leaders bar a meeting with Egypt's Anwar Sadat
1987 - Largest steel strike in American history, in progress since August, ends
BIRTHDAYS
1754 - Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Perigord, minister of foreign affairs for Napoleon I, who represented France brilliantly at the Congress of Vienna
1882 - James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (Ulysses, Portrait of a Young Man)
1890 - Charles Correl, radio performer
1895 - George Halas, National Football League co-founder
Source : The Steel Reporter
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