TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Monday, 02 February 2026
2007
Three tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 42 people.
1998
A Cebu Pacific Flight 387 DC-9-32 crashes into a mountain near Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, killing 104.
1990
Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
1989
Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1987
After the 1986 People Power Revolution the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1982
Hama Massacre: Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1980
Reports surface that the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1976
The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
1974
The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
1972
The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
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