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What happened in history on this day: January 2?
On January 2 in ...
- 1779 - Continental Congress recalls previous loan certificates because of British counterfeiting.
- 1788 - Georgia is fourth state to ratify US constitution.
- 1800 - Free black community of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, petitions US Congress to abolish slavery.
- 1811 - US Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US).
- 1842 - First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania.
- 1861 - Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing District of Columbia militia.
- 1861 - South Carolina seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor.
- 1863 - Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends.
- 1879 - The US government resumes specie payments for paper currency.
- 1882 - Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust.
- 1890 - Record 19 foot 2 inch alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny.
- 1892 - Annie Moore, from Ireland, becomes the first person to pass through the newly opened Ellis Island.
- 1903 - US President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola, Michigan, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she is black.
- 1910 - First junior high school in US open, in Berkeley, California.
- 1920 - 10,000 Union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids).
- 1921 - Religious services are broadcast on radio for the first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh airs the regular Sunday service of the city's Calvary Episcopal Church.
- 1929 - US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
- 1931 - South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
- 1932 - Young gang shoots dead six police in Springfield, Missouri.
- 1933 - US troops leave Nicaragua.
- 1934 - First state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania.
- 1936 - First electron tube to enable night vision described, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 1942 - The 28 nations at war with the Axis pledge no separate peace.
- 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines.
- 1959 - CBS Radio cancels four soap operas: Our Gal Sunday, This is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife, and Road of Life.
- 1960 - US Senator John F Kennedy announces his candidacy for President.
- 1961 - Hawaii's all-time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior begins a drive to register black voters in the USA.
- 1970 - US population is 205,052,174; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1 percent).
- 1974 - 55 MPH automobile speed limit imposed by US President Richard Nixon.
- 1975 - US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species.
- 1980 - US President Jimmy Carter asks the Senate to postpone action on the SALT II nuclear weapons treaty and recalls the U.S. ambassador to Moscow.
- 1983 - Garry Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing Doonesbury.
- 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.
- 1988 - Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Pennsylvania.
- 1988 - Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement.
- 1999 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13 degrees F (-25 degrees C), and 68 deaths are reported.
- 2001 - J.P. Morgan changes its company name to J.P. Morgan Chase.
- 2002 - The US Mint releases the 2002 Tennessee quarter dollar to circulation.
- 2008 - Price of crude oil in the USA reaches US$100 per barrel for the first time.
- 2016 - Armed militiamen seize the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon.
Births on January 2
- 1889 - Birth of Walter Baldwin in Ohio; actor (Gay Amigo).
- 1894 - Birth of Robert Nathan in New York City, New York, USA; poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie).
- 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).
- 1904 - Birth of Sally Rand in Hickory County, Missouri, USA; stripper (fan dance).
- 1908 - Birth of Ben Grauer in New York City, New York, USA; child actor, TV and radio announcer (NBC, 1932-73) (dies 1977).
- 1922 - Birth of Jason Evers in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Wrangler, Channing).
- 1925 - Birth of William J Crowe Junior in Kentucky, USA; chairman joint chiefs of staff.
- 1928 - Birth of Howard Caine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Brushfire, Hogan's Heroes, War and Remembrance), voice actor (Jonny Quest, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo) (dies 1993).
- 1928 - Birth of Vaughn Beals in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle).
- 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 Christopher Durang in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; playwright/actor (Sister Mary).
- 1951 - Birth of Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller] in Woodstock, New York, USA; model (Oui).
- 1952 - Birth of Wendy Phillips in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Stacey - Executive Suite, Promised Land, Studio 60, Big Love, Falcon Crest).
- 1963 - Birth of David Cone in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; baseball pitcher (New York Mets/Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees).
- 1963 - Birth of Edgar Martinez in New York City, New York, USA; baseball first baseman (Seattle Mariners).
- 1965 - Birth of Diane Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove).
- 1965 - Birth of Greg Swindell in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians).
- 1967 - Birth of Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo] in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; actress (Wayne's World, General Hospital, Relic Hunter, Supernova).
- 1969 - Birth of Christy Turlington in San Francisco, California, USA; model (Calvin Klein Eternity).
- 1970 - Birth of Royce Clayton in Burbank, California, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants, Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1972 - Birth of Jeff Jackson; American baseball outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Woodruff in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I).
- 1980 - Birth of Stephanie Stiegler in Santa Monica, California; pairs skater (and Zimmerman).
- 1985 - Birth of Heather O'Reilly; US Women's national soccer player.
Deaths on January 2
- 1863 - Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at age 35.
- 1904 - James Longstreet, Confederate General, dies at age 82.
- 1923 - Ku Klux Klan makes surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood, Florida, USA; 8 killed including Sam Carter (compensation awarded in 1995).
- 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).
- 1986 - Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at age 82.
- 1990 - Alan Hale Junior, American actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby - Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at age 68 (born 1921).
- 1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at age 79.
- 1995 - Nancy Kelly, US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at age 73.
- 1997 - Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist (Spirit), dies at age 45 after being caught in a current off the coast of Hawaii.
- 2004 - Death of Paul Hopkins, reported to be the oldest living former Major League Baseball player (born 1904).
- 2023 - Death of Ken Block in a snowmobile crash in Utah; American professional rally driver (Hoonigan brand, DC Shoes brand).
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