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February 2nd, 2002EventThe wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Maxima Zorreguieta takes place.
February 2nd, 1998EventA Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104.
February 2nd, 1990EventApartheid: In South Africa President F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to legally function again and promises to set Nelson Mandela free.
February 2nd, 1989EventSoviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending nine years of military occupation.
February 2nd, 1989EventSatellite television service Sky Television plc launched in Europe.
February 2nd, 1982EventHama Massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people.
February 2nd, 1980EventReports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in the Abscam sting operation.
February 2nd, 1980EventThis Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is formally founded.
February 2nd, 1976EventThe Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
February 2nd, 1974EventThe F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.

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