Remember a day before today

From David McIntee, via Dan Kukwa.

Look up your birthday in Wikipedia, and pick the following: 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday.

Ok, for February 2, here's what we find:

Events:

1653 - New York City is born. I wonder if the first settlers ever thought it would turn out as it has.

1925 - Serum run to Nome. Cool story.

1974 - The F-16 flies. I'm an aviation fan, what can I say?

1990 - The beginning of the end for Apartheid. I still remember the day Nelson Mandela walked out of prison.

Births:

1882 - James Joyce.

1905 - Ayn Rand.

1963 - Eva Cassidy. A wonderful voice, especially covering Sting's "Fields of Gold".

Deaths:

672 - Saint Chad. It doesn't appear as if his death was by hanging (sorry, couldn't let that one go by).

1979 - Sid Vicious. Sid and Nancy is a great, albeit disturbing, movie.

Holiday:

Why, it's Groundhog Day, of course.