Friday, Feb 2

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Today in History

• 1536

  The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.

• 1709

  Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.

• 1848

  The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.

• 1870

  The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.

• 1876

  The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.

• 1887

  The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.

• 1922

  James Joyce's Ulysses was published.

• 1943

  Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.

• 1971

  Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.

• 1980

  The Abscam scandal was revealed.

• 1990

  South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

• 2003

  Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.