February 2

On This Day In History
	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.
Nelson Mandela.
Biography Of The Day
	James Joyce Irish novelist James Joyce, born this day in 1882, was noted for his experimental use of language and his exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).
James Joyce, oil on canvas by Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1935.
More Events On This Day In History
	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	1927 American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz was born in Philadelphia.
1912	1912 Frederick Rodman Law performed what was considered the first motion-picture stunt, parachuting from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
1876	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	1848 The United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
1653	1653 New Amsterdam (New York City) was incorporated as a city.