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What happened in history on this day: January 2?
On January 2 in ...
- 1790 - Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna.
- 1881 - Camille Saint-Saëns' third Concerto in B, premieres.
- 1960 - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres.
- 1969 - Led Zeppelin plays the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the band's first North American tour. Support group is the Alice Cooper band.
- 1970 - Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam.
- 1983 - The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA.
Births on January 2
- 1889 - Birth of Tito Schipa in Italy; tenor/composer (La Rondine).
- 1901 - Birth of Torsten Ralf; Swedish tenor (Daphne).
- 1904 - Birth of James Melton in Moultrie, Georgia, USA; operatic tenor (The Ziegfield Follies of the Air, The Intimate Review, Bell Telephone Hour, Harvest of Stars, The Texaco Star Theatre) (dies 1961).
- 1905 - Birth of Michael Kemp Tippett; English composer/conductor (Child of our Time).
- 1930 - Birth of Julius LaRosa in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time).
- 1936 - Birth of Roger Miller in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; singer/songwriter ("King of the Road", "England Swings", "You Don't Want My Love", "Dang Me", "Chug-a-Lug"), winner of 11 Grammy awards. (dies 1992)
- 1949 - Birth of Chick Churchill in Wales; keyboardist (Ten Years After - "I'm Going Home").
- 1950 - Birth of Lou Gramm; rocker (Foreigner - "Midnight Blue", "Ready Or Not").
- 1971 - Birth of Scott Underwood; rock musician (Train).
- 1975 - Birth of Doug Robb; rock singer (Hoobastank).
Deaths on January 2
- 1963 - Death of Dick Powell at age 58 of cancer of the lymph glands; movie star in the 1930's, radio star in the 1940's (Richard Diamond, Private Detective), TV star and producer in the 1950's (Four Star Playhouse, The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, The Dick Powell Show).
- 1974 - Death Woodward Maurice Ritter AKA Tex Ritter of a heart attack at age 67; country singer (theme song to High Noon movie (1952), disk jockey (Nashville radio).
- 1977 - Death of jazz piano great Erroll Garner ("Misty") at age 53.
- 1981 - David Lynch, singer (Platters - "My Prayer"), dies at age 51 of cancer.
- 1989 - Death of Eddie Heywood Junior at age 73; pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset").
- 1997 - Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist (Spirit), dies at age 45 after being caught in a current off the coast of Hawaii.
- 1998 - Death of veteran record producer Nik Venet in Los Angeles of lymphoma at age 62. During his career, Venet produced more than 300 albums by such greats as the Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, and Bobby Darin.
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