On this day in history - Today, February, 2

Today in History

• 1852 The first public flushing toilet is opened in London

  Using the “Public Waiting Room” at 95 Fleet Street cost 2 pence.

• 1922 “Ulysses” by James Joyce is published

  The novel is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature.

• 1925 20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race

  The Iditarod is the world's longest and most challenging dog sled race.

• 1943 The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end as the Axis Powers surrender

  Germany's defeat marked a turning point in World War II.

• 1990 The South African Apartheid system of racial segregation begins to disintegrate

  President de Klerk announced the unbanning of the African Nation Congress (ANC) and his intentions t