On This Date in History - Febuary 2first groundhog day 1887, gene kelly died 1996, bertrand russell died 1970, sid vicious died 1979, christy brinkley born 1954, farah faucett-majors born 1947, samuel clemens changed his name to mark twain 1863, donner party ate their first casualty 1847, 1876 national league founded baseball oldest sports league, on this date in history febuary 2 2009, myinboxnews.com,