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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Candlemas</a></b> (Western Christianity); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day" title="Groundhog Day">Groundhog Day</a></b> in Canada and the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1709" title="1709">1709</a> – Scottish sailor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk" title="Alexander Selkirk">Alexander Selkirk</a></b> was rescued by English captain <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers" title="Woodes Rogers">Woodes Rogers</a></b> and his crew after spending four years as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castaway" title="Castaway">castaway</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island" title="Robinson Crusoe Island">an uninhabited island</a> in the Pacific, providing the inspiration for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" title="Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a>'s novel <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe" title="Robinson Crusoe">Robinson Crusoe</a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export%E2%80%93Import_Bank_of_the_United_States" title="Export–Import Bank of the United States">Export–Import Bank of the United States</a></b>, the country's official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_credit_agency" title="Export credit agency">export credit agency</a>, was established.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a></b>, the most numerous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a> currently in military service, made its first flight.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – Swiss tennis player <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer" title="Roger Federer">Roger Federer</a></b> became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_tennis_players" title="List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players">top-ranked men's singles player</a>, a position he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley_(inventor)" title="William Stanley (inventor)">William Stanley</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1829); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelike" title="Likelike">Likelike</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1887); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Cruger_Coffin" title="Marian Cruger Coffin">Marian Cruger Coffin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1957); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>
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