📅 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: TODAY IN HISTORY & NEWS SUMMARY
🌍 This Day in History: Global Highlights
1966 (Soviet Union): The unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 completes the first-ever "soft" landing on the Moon, proving the lunar surface was firm enough to support a lander and paving the way for human exploration.
1969 (Palestine/Egypt): Yasser Arafat is elected as the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at the Palestinian National Council in Cairo.
1989 (Paraguay): Dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who had ruled the country for 35 years with an iron fist, is overthrown in a bloody military coup led by General Andrés Rodríguez.
1972 (Iran): The deadliest snowstorm in recorded history begins. The Iran Blizzard would last a week, burying entire villages and resulting in approximately 4,000 deaths.
1468 (Germany): Death of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable-type printing press, which sparked the Printing Revolution and fundamentally changed the spread of knowledge globally.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Biggest Political Story
Yesterday: PM Mark Carney held bilateral talks with Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and announced new diplomatic appointments to shore up Arctic sovereignty and trade.
Expected Today: The House of Commons resumes sittings in Ottawa with a focus on addressing public sector job cut notifications and industrial policy shifts.
🇺🇸 U.S. Biggest Political Story
Current: Washington remains paralyzed by a partial government shutdown as a House GOP revolt blocks a funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security, risking billions in infrastructure and security projects.
🌐 Global Impact: Yesterday’s Legacy
February 2, 2026, will be remembered for the intensification of the "rules-based order" debate following PM Carney’s Davos critiques, alongside the start of high-stakes U.S.-Colombia diplomacy as President Trump prepared to meet his critic, Gustavo Petro.
📜 Quotation of the Day
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." — Steve Jobs
🏙️ Ottawa, ON Weather & Sky
☀️ Sunrise: 7:22 AM
🌇 Sunset: 5:11 PM
🌖 Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous (98% illumination; just two days past the Full Moon)
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