Today in History - History - February 2nd

1933Hermann Goering bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany

1959Buddy Holly's last performance

1922James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)

1975Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational

1913NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe

1940Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)

1972Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London

1863Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time

1997Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games

1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India

1977Shakira [Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll], Barranquilla, Colombian pop singer ('Whenever Wherever', 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)')

1947Farrah Fawcett, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed)

1882James Joyce, Ireland, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake)

1895George Halas, Chicago Illinois, NFL pioneer (owner of the Chicago Bears)

1997"American Idol" judge Paula Abdul (34) weds sportswear designer Brad Beckerman at The Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel

1976Actress Gloria Swanson (76) weds writer William Dufty (60)

200823rd French Republic President Nicolas Sarkozy (53) weds supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni (39) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France

1957Actress Elizabeth Taylor (24) marries for the 3rd time to Producer Mike Todd (47)

1985NFL Footballer and felon OJ Simpson marries 2nd wife Nicole Brown (murdered 1994)

1870American writer (Huckleberry Finn) Samuel Langhorne Clemens, pen name Mark Twain, (34) marries Olivia Langdon (24) in Elmira, NY

2014Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (Capote, Moneyball) dies at 46 of a suspected drug overdose

1979Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 21