📅 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2: TODAY IN HISTORY & NEWS SUMMARY
🌍 This Day in History: Global Highlights
1990 (South Africa): President F.W. de Klerk delivers a historic speech to Parliament, lifting the 30-year ban on the African National Congress (ANC) and announcing the imminent release of Nelson Mandela.
1943 (Russia): The Battle of Stalingrad ends. The German Sixth Army surrenders to Soviet forces, marking a catastrophic defeat for the Axis powers and a turning point in WWII.
1852 (UK): The first public flushing toilets (then called "Monkey Closets") open at 95 Fleet Street, London. Entry cost two pence.
1922 (France): James Joyce’s landmark modernist novel Ulysses is published in its entirety in Paris by Sylvia Beach on Joyce’s 40th birthday.
1536 (Argentina): Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza founds the first settlement of Buenos Aires on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Biggest Political Story
Yesterday: Following Pierre Poilievre’s massive 87% leadership review win, Liberal PM Mark Carney issued a sharp rebuttal from Ottawa, framing the Conservatives as "beholden to the past" while the Liberals pivot to a new economic strategy.
Expected Today: The Carney government is set to unveil a long-awaited "defense-industrial roadmap" specifically designed to bolster Canadian trade resilience against escalating U.S. tariff pressures.
🇺🇸 U.S. Biggest Political Story
Current: Washington enters a tense week as Congress remains deadlocked over a two-week funding deal (CR). Tensions are high between House Minority Leader Jeffries and the White House over DHS reforms, including mask mandates for ICE agents.
🌐 Global Impact: Yesterday’s Legacy
February 1, 2026, will be remembered for the global ripple effects of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela and the formal commencement of high-stakes trade renegotiations that have put middle-power economies on high alert.
📜 Quotation of the Day
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." — Benjamin Disraeli
🏙️ Ottawa, ON Weather & Sky
☀️ Sunrise: 7:20 AM
🌇 Sunset: 5:12 PM
🌖 Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous (99% illumination; just past yesterday’s Full Snow Moon)
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