On this day …
February 2, 2015
- In 1653, the city of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) was incorporated.
- In 1709, Alexander Selkirk was rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island; his story inspired the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War.
- In 1887, the first Groundhog Day was celebrated in Punxsutawney, Pa.
- In 1901, the funeral of Queen Victoria took place.
- In 1914, Charlie Chaplin made his first film appearance in Making a Living.
- In 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published.
- In 2004, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1-ranked player in the world, a position he would hold for a record 237 weeks.
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