Ingenpedia:OnThisDay/February 2, 2021

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 * 506 – Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgated a collection of Roman law that became known as the Breviary of Alaric.
 * 1207 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, was established as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt were executed at Torda.
 * 1913 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, the world's largest train station in number of platforms, opened immediately after midnight.
 * 1934 – The Export–Import Bank of the United States, the country's official export credit agency, was established.
 * 1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon, the most numerous fixed-wing aircraft in military service, made its first flight.
 * 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the top-ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
 * 2007 – Following a Derby di Sicilia match in Catania, football violence caused the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, leading to new safety regulations at Italian sporting events.
 * Born/died this day: | Piotr Skarga |b|1536| Alix Le Clerc |b|1576| Isaac Titsingh |d|1812| Vincenzo Dimech |d|1831| Frederick William Vanderbilt |b|1856| Christie Brinkley |b|1954| Mary Docherty |d|2000| William Stanley |b|1829| Philip Seymour Hoffman |d|2014

February 2: Groundhog Day in Canada and the United States


 * 1709 – Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk (statue pictured) was rescued by English captain Woodes Rogers and his crew after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Pacific, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
 * 1850 – Ute Wars: Brigham Young announced his decision to go to war against the Timpanogos, who were hostile to the Mormon settlement at Fort Utah.
 * 1920 – The signing of the Treaty of Tartu ended the Estonian War of Independence, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize the country's independence and renounce in perpetuity all rights to its territory.
 * 1942 – The first act of the Norwegian resistance movement took place when the Osvald Group bombed Oslo East Station to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
 * 2012 – The passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen capsized and sank in rough conditions in the Solomon Sea, resulting in at least 88 deaths.