Important Events From This day in History – 2nd February

Today in History

• 1990 The South African Apartheid system of racial segregation begins to disintegrate

  President de Klerk announced the release of Nelson Mandela and the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC).

• 1943 The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end as the Axis Powers surrender

  Germany’s defeat was a watershed moment in World War II.

• 1925 20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race

  The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is the world’s longest and most difficult dog sled race.

• 1922 “Ulysses” by James Joyce is published

  The novel is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of modernist literature.

• 1852 The first public flushing toilet is opened in London

  Using the “Public Waiting Room” at 95 Fleet Street cost 2 pence.