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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/506" title="506">506</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_II" title="Alaric II">Alaric II</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigothic_Kingdom" title="Visigothic Kingdom">King of the Visigoths</a>, promulgated a collection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law" title="Roman law">Roman law</a> known as the <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breviary_of_Alaric" title="Breviary of Alaric">Breviary of Alaric</a></b></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1659" title="1659">1659</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Riebeeck" title="Jan van Riebeeck">Jan van Riebeeck</a>, the founder of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, produced the first bottle of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_wine" title="South African wine">South African wine</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – New York City's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a></b>, the world's largest train station by number of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_platform" title="Railway platform">platforms</a>, opened immediately after midnight.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – The first act of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_resistance_movement" title="Norwegian resistance movement">Norwegian resistance movement</a> took place with the bombing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Central_Station" title="Oslo Central Station">Oslo East Station</a> by the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvald_Group" title="Osvald Group">Osvald Group</a></b> to protest the inauguration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling" title="Vidkun Quisling">Vidkun Quisling</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omid" title="Omid">Omid</a></b>, Iran's first domestically made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellite</a>, was successfully launched from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semnan_Space_Center" title="Semnan Space Center">Semnan Space Center</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix_Le_Clerc" title="Alix Le Clerc">Alix Le Clerc</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1576); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Guadalupe_Posada" title="José Guadalupe Posada">José Guadalupe Posada</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1852); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delp" title="Alfred Delp">Alfred Delp</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1945)</p>
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