Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 2
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February 2: Candlemas in Western Christianity; Groundhog Day in Canada and the United States
- 1536 – An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1848 – The Mexican–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) of Mexican territory known as the Mexican Cession to the United States in exchange for US$15 million.
- 1922 – The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety after this material by author James Joyce (pictured) first appeared in serialized parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature.
- 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army captured 91,000 tired and starving German soldiers, ending the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
- 1982 – The Syrian army bombarded the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Muslim Brotherhood, killing about 7,000–25,000 people.