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{{*mp}} [[1536]] – An expedition to the [[New World]] led by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founded what is now '''[[Buenos Aires]]''', [[Argentina]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1536]] – An expedition to the [[New World]] led by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founded what is now '''[[Buenos Aires]]''', [[Argentina]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1709]] – [[Scotland|Scottish]] sailor '''[[Alexander Selkirk]]''' was rescued after spending four years as a [[castaway]] on an [[Robinson Crusoe Island|uninhabited island]] in the [[Juan Fernández Islands|Juan Fernández archipelago |
{{*mp}} [[1709]] – [[Scotland|Scottish]] sailor '''[[Alexander Selkirk]]''' was rescued after spending four years as a [[castaway]] on an [[Robinson Crusoe Island|uninhabited island]] in the [[Juan Fernández Islands|Juan Fernández archipelago]], providing the inspiration for [[Daniel Defoe]]'s novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1848]] – The [[Mexican–American War]] ended with the signing of the '''[[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]]''', granting the [[United States]] the [[Mexican Cession]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1848]] – The [[Mexican–American War]] ended with the signing of the '''[[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]]''', granting the [[United States]] the [[Mexican Cession]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1925]] – Medical supplies to combat an [[outbreak]] of [[diphtheria]] '''[[1925 serum run to Nome|reached]]''' [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[Alaska Territory]] on [[dog sled]]s after a five and a half-day<!--, 674-mile (1,085-km)--> journey, inspiring the annual '''[[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]]''' ''(pictured in 2003)'' across [[Alaska]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1925]] – Medical supplies to combat an [[outbreak]] of [[diphtheria]] '''[[1925 serum run to Nome|reached]]''' [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[Alaska Territory]] on [[dog sled]]s after a five and a half-day<!--, 674-mile (1,085-km)--> journey, inspiring the annual '''[[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]]''' ''(pictured in 2003)'' across [[Alaska]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: The '''[[Battle of Stalingrad]]''', one of [[List of battles by death toll#Sieges and urban combat|the bloodiest battles in human history |
{{*mp}} [[1943]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]] captured 91,000 tired and starving [[Nazi Germany|German]] soldiers, ending the '''[[Battle of Stalingrad]]''', one of [[List of battles by death toll#Sieges and urban combat|the bloodiest battles in human history]]. |
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Revision as of 04:19, 2 February 2008
February 2: Candlemas in Western Christianity; Groundhog Day in Canada and the United States.
- 1536 – An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1709 – Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Juan Fernández archipelago, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
- 1848 – The Mexican–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, granting the United States the Mexican Cession.
- 1925 – Medical supplies to combat an outbreak of diphtheria reached Nome, Alaska Territory on dog sleds after a five and a half-day journey, inspiring the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (pictured in 2003) across Alaska.
- 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
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