February 2

2^nd February 1451 (20^th Dhul-Hijjah 854) - Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire
2^nd February 1878 (29^th Muharram 1295) - Greece declares war on Turkey.
2^nd February 1971 (6^th Dhul-Hijjah 1390) - After a coup in Uganda, Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader.
2^nd February 1980 (15^th Rabbi al-Awwal 1400) - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.
2^nd February 1989 (25^th Jumada al-Thanni 1409) - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet Union armored column leaves Kabul, ending nine years of military occupation.
2^nd February 1982 (7^th Rabbi al-Thanni 1402) - Hama massacre. Following an Islamist uprising the (Alawite) government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills upto 38,000 inhabitants^[1]
2^nd February 2006 (3^rd Muharram 1427) - An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.
2^nd February 2007 (14^th Muharram 1428) - Annual Biswa Ijtema attracts nearly 5 million Muslims in Bangladesh

[edit] Deaths

2^nd February 2007 (14^th Muharram 1428) Ahmed Abu Laben the leading Imam behind the Cartoon Controversy dies of lung cancer.