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What Happened on January 2nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2004	Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
1993	Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
1991	Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
1988	Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
1981	One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
1978	On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
1976	The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
1975	At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
1975	The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
1974	United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
1971	The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
1967	Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
1963	Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
1959	Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
1955	Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
1954	India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
1949	Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
1942	The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942	World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
1941	World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1921	World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.
1920	The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
1900	American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1900	Chicago Canal opens.
1865	Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
1818	The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
1791	Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
1788	Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1777	American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1680	Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.
1492	Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
533	Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
366	The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
69	The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.

Famous People Born on January 2

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Year	Name
1827	Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
1919	Ernest Bender, American Indologist (d. 1996)
1949	Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1983	Kate Bosworth, American actress
1713	Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1961	Paula Hamilton, English model
1974	Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
1873	Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)
1947	Calvin Hill, American football player
1968	Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion

Famous People Deaths On January 2

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Date	Name
2018	Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (b. 1950)
2012	Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
1861	Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
951	Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han
1557	Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
1920	Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
1892	George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
2022	Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician (b. 1944)
2016	Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2013	Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)