WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Today is Wednesday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2011. There are 332 days left in the year.

1653 ― New Amsterdam becomes a city (later New York, N.Y.)

1852 ― Alexandre Dumas Jr.'s ``Le Dame aux Camellias" premieres in Paris

1863 ― Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for first time

1906 ― Pope encyclical against separation of church and state

1922 ― James Joyce's ``Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)

1933 ― Two days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament

1935 ― Lie detector first used in court (Portage, W.I.)

1942 ― Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans

1954 ― President Eisenhower reports detonation of first H-bomb (done in 1952)

1963 ― Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of the undercard)