February 2
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Art and culture
- 1709 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- 1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce published in Paris
Births
- 1600 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
- 1861 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
- 1882 - James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
- 1905 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born author and philosopher (d. 1982)
- 1923 - James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
- 1927 - Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
Deaths
- 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
- 1969 - Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher (b. 1872)
- 1979 - Sid Vicious, English musician (Sex Pistols) (b. 1957)
- 1987 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
notes
- 1529 - Restif de la Bretonne (October 23, 1734 – February 2, 1806), called Rétif de la Bretonne, was a French novelist.
- 1916 - Cabaret Voltaire opening press release
- 1529 - Papin sisters Christine and Lea Papin brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, on February 2, 1933.
- 1529 - Havelock Ellis (February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939), known as Havelock Ellis, was a British doctor, sexual psychologist and social reformer, noted for his seven volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex.
- 1529 - Les XX 1884
The first of ten annual exhibitions was held on February 2 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
- 1529 - Maurice Tourneur February 2, 1873 – died August 4, 1961, was a French film director and screenwriter, noted for such films as La Main du diable (The Hand of the Devil) (1943).
- 1529 - Jens Jørgen Thorsen (February 2, 1932 Copenhagen - November 15, 2000) was a Danish artist and film director best known for his film Quiet Days in Clichy.
- 1529 - Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906, New York City - July 11, 1978, New York City) was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic.
- 1529 - François Reichenbach was a French filmmaker born July 3 1921 who died February 2 1993.
- 1529 - Antti Aarne
- 1529 - Martin Schongauer
- 1529 - Anthony Cox
- 1529 - To Have Done With the Judgment of god
- 1529 - José Guadalupe Posada
- 1529 - James Blood Ulmer
- 1529 - Natalie Clifford Barney
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