The events happened on 2nd February are :



1990 : Ban on African National Congress lifted : On this day in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted the 30-year ban on the African National Congress, resulting in the release from prison of Nelson Mandela and marking the beginning of the end of apartheid.



1979 : Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, early proponents of British punk rock, died of a drug overdose in New York City.



1943 : The Battle of Stalingrad in World War II ended with the surrender of German troops to the Soviets.



1927 : American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz was born in Philadelphia.



1912 : Frederick Rodman Law performed what was considered the first motion-picture stunt, parachuting from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.



1876 : The National League, the oldest existing major-league professional baseball organization in the United States, began play as the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs.



1848 : The United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.



1653 : New Amsterdam (New York City) was incorporated as a city.


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