Historical Events for 2nd February 2026

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1787 - Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation
1852 - Alexandre Dumas Jr's play, an adaptation of his novel "La Dame aux Camélias" premieres in Paris
1924 - International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
1986 - Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
2012 - MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea with 246 people saved and 126 missing (100 of these estimated to be trapped inside)
2013 - Shinzō Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs"
2022 - More than one million Afghans have fled the country for Iran since October due to the country's economic crisis, according to immigration authorities threatening a new migrant crisis

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