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Today is Sunday 2 February, the 33rd day of 2025. There are 332 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On February 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run finished as the last of a series of dog mushers, brought life-saving medication to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, which travels 674 miles in just six days.
Also on this date:
In 1536, the current Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.
In 1653 New Amsterdam – now New York City – was admitted as a city.
In 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, so that the Mexican-American War was officially terminated.
In 1943 the rest of Nazi troops from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered to a great win for the Soviets in the Second World War.
In 1990, in a dramatic concession on the black majority of South Africa, President FW de Klerk brought a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
In 2013, former Navy Seal and the “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was deadly shot together with a friend, Chad Littlefield, in a weapon range west of Glen Rose, Texas; Eddie Ray Routh was later convicted of murder and convicted to life in prison without a conditional release.
In 2014, Oscar-winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, generally considered one of the largest actors of his generation, was found dead in his apartment in New York of a casual overdose of drugs.
In 2021, the Senate Pete Buttigieg (Boo’-Tuh-Juhj) approved as a transport secretary, so that he was confirmed the first openly gay person to a cabinet post.
In 2022, four men were accused of being part of the distribution distribution team that supplied a deadly mix of drugs to actor Michael K. Williams of ‘The Wire’, who had had an overdose five months earlier.
Today’s birthdays:
- Rock singer guitarist Graham Nash is 83.
- Television -director Barry Diller is 83.
- TV chef Ina Garten is 77.
- Actor Brent Spiner is 76.
- Football Hall of Famer Dave Casper is 73.
- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is 73.
- Model Christie Brinkley is 71.
- Singer Shakira is 48.
- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Is 43.
- Actor Gemma Arterton is 39.
- Actor Zosia Mamet is 37.
- Actor Paul Mescal is 29.