Today is Monday, February 2, the 33rd of 2026. There are only 332 days left in the year.
This day in history:
On February 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle was shot to death along with a friend at a shooting range west of Glen Rose, Texas; Eddie Ray Routh was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Also on this date:
In 1536, Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza.
In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated as a city.
In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, officially ending the Mexican-American War.
In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended when the last of a series of dog mushers carrying life-saving medicine to Nome, site of a diphtheria epidemic, traveled 674 miles in just six days.
In 1943, the remaining Nazi forces at the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.
In 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s black majority, President FW de Klerk lifted the ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
In 1992, Václav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the anti-communist revolution, became the first president of the independent Czech Republic, after Czechoslovakia was divided. He previously served as the first democratically elected president of Czechoslovakia after the fall of communism.
In 2014, Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, widely considered one of the greatest actors of his generation, was found dead in his New York apartment from an accidental drug overdose.
In 2022, four men were charged with being part of a drug distribution crew that supplied a deadly cocktail of narcotics to actor Michael K. Williams of “The Wire,” who had overdosed five months earlier.
Today’s birthday:
- Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 84 years old.
- Television executive Barry Diller is 84 years old.
- TV boss Ina Garten is 78 years old.
- Actor Brent Spiner is 77 years old.
- Football Hall of Famer Dave Casper is 74 years old.
- Model Christie Brinkley is 72 years old.
- Singer Shakira is 49 years old.
- Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama is 44 years old.
- Actor Gemma Arterton is 40 years old.
- Actor Zosia Mamet is 38 years old.
- Actor Paul Mescal is 30 years old.
- Actor Ellie Bamber is 29 years old.
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