1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
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1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
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Today In History – February 2
1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.