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February 2nd, 2002 | Event | The wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Maxima Zorreguieta takes place. |
February 2nd, 1998 | Event | A Cebu Pacific Air DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104. |
February 2nd, 1990 | Event | Apartheid: 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, 1989 | Event | Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending nine years of military occupation. |
February 2nd, 1989 | Event | Satellite television service Sky Television plc launched in Europe. |
February 2nd, 1982 | Event | Hama Massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people. |
February 2nd, 1980 | Event | Reports surface that FBI personnel were targeting members of the U.S. Congress in the Abscam sting operation. |
February 2nd, 1980 | Event | This Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey is formally founded. |
February 2nd, 1976 | Event | The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. |
February 2nd, 1974 | Event | The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. |
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