February 2nd (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 30th day of the year (31st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 335 days left to the end of the year.
February 2nd Famous Deaths for 2012
» Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913)
» Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
» George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
» Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
» James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
February 2nd Holidays in History
» Public holidays in Estonia named Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
» Christian Feast Day:
» Cornelius the Centurion
» February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in the Philippines Other Holidays declared in the Philippines called Constitution Day (Philippines)
» Public holidays in Azerbaijan known as Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
» Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
» Public holidays in Iceland known as Bun Day (Iceland)
» Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
» Rosenmontag (Germany)
» Candlemas or Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
» A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
» Celebration of Yemanja Brazil named Yemanja (Candomblé)