- 1046 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records "no man alive...could remember so severe a winter"; start of the Little Ice Age which lasted until 1850.
- 1653 New York (as New Amsterdam) is incorporated.
- 1709 Alexander Selkirk is rescued from a desert island shipwreck; inspires book "Robinson Crusoe".
- 1795 French Directoire offers a prize of 12,000 francs for a method of preserving food and transporting it to its armies; Nicolas Appert won it in 1810 by inventing jar canning.
- 1933 Adolf Hitler disbands the Reichstag (parliament) 3 days after being appointed Chancellor; sets new elections for 6 March.
- 1980 NBC Nightly News breaks Abscam; FBI sting convicts U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives John Jenrette (D-SC), Richard Kelly (R-FL), Raymond Lederer (D-PA), Michael "Ozzie" Myers (D-PA), and Frank Thompson (D-NJ).
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Today in History: February 2
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