What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
02/02/1754
  Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat.
EVENTS
02/02/
  Groundhog Day. Good Morning Punxatawney Phil!
02/02/1848
  Mexico sells California, New Mexico and Arizona to the USA.
02/02/1848
  First shipload of Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco.
02/02/1876
  National Baseball League formed with 8 teams.
02/02/1880
  SS Strathleven arrives in London with first successful shipment
02/02/1880
  of frozen mutton from Australia.
02/02/1935
  Lie detector first used in court in Portage, Wisconsin
02/02/1962
  Eight of the planets line up for the first time in 400 years.

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