02 Jan 0069
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Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, Emperor
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02 Jan 0366
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The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. |
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02 Jan 0533
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John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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02 Jan 0533
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Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. |
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02 Jan 1235
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Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
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02 Jan 1492
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Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
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02 Jan 1492
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Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. |
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02 Jan 1570
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
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02 Jan 1585
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Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
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02 Jan 1602
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Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
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02 Jan 1602
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Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
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02 Jan 1678
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Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
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02 Jan 1757
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British troops occupy Calcutta India
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02 Jan 1776
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1st revolutionary flag displayed
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02 Jan 1776
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Austria ends interregation torture
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02 Jan 1777
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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. |
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02 Jan 1788
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Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
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02 Jan 1788
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Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. |
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02 Jan 1791
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Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. |
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02 Jan 1800
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Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave
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02 Jan 1811
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US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US)
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02 Jan 1814
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Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
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02 Jan 1818
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The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. |
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02 Jan 1831
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Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
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02 Jan 1832
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1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
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02 Jan 1833
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Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. |
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02 Jan 1839
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1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
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02 Jan 1842
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1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
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02 Jan 1860
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The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. |
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02 Jan 1861
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Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia
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02 Jan 1861
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SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor
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02 Jan 1865
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Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as Brazilian and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay. |
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02 Jan 1870
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Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
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02 Jan 1871
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King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25
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02 Jan 1871
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Amadeus I becomes King of Spain. |
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02 Jan 1879
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1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG
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02 Jan 1879
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British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
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02 Jan 1879
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Dr Benjamin E Mays, named President of Atlanta Board of Education
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02 Jan 1879
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Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Illinois
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02 Jan 1882
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Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
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02 Jan 1885
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Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum
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02 Jan 1890
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Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
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02 Jan 1893
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1st US commemoratives and 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
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02 Jan 1896
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Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
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02 Jan 1900
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E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
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02 Jan 1900
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Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise, " premieres in Paris
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02 Jan 1900
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American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. |
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02 Jan 1903
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President Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black
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02 Jan 1905
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Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
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02 Jan 1905
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Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
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02 Jan 1905
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Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. |
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02 Jan 1908
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Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
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02 Jan 1909
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1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
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02 Jan 1910
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1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley, California)
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02 Jan 1911
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Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
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02 Jan 1911
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A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. |
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02 Jan 1914
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Philips installs research department in Eindhoven
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02 Jan 1918
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Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pittsburgh for Grimes and Mamaux
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02 Jan 1918
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NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down
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02 Jan 1919
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Anti-British uprising in Ireland
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02 Jan 1919
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Lithuania gains independence
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02 Jan 1920
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10,000 US union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
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02 Jan 1920
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The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities. |
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02 Jan 1921
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1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
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02 Jan 1921
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DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
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02 Jan 1923
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Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
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02 Jan 1925
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Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
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02 Jan 1927
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Angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government. |
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02 Jan 1929
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US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
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02 Jan 1932
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Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield, Missouri
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02 Jan 1933
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Bruins beat Rangers in New York 13-3
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02 Jan 1933
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Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
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02 Jan 1933
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US troops leave Nicaragua
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02 Jan 1934
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1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
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02 Jan 1934
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Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 mins, 29 fours 4 sixes
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02 Jan 1935
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Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
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02 Jan 1935
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Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. |
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02 Jan 1936
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1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri
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02 Jan 1936
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Bradman scores 357 for South Africa vs. Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours
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02 Jan 1938
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Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded
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02 Jan 1939
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Bradman scores 107 South Africa vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century
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02 Jan 1941
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World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. |
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02 Jan 1942
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28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
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02 Jan 1942
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German troops in Bardia surrender
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02 Jan 1942
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Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
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02 Jan 1942
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World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces. |
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02 Jan 1942
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring. |
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02 Jan 1944
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1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
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02 Jan 1945
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Allied air raid on Neurenberg
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02 Jan 1945
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Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
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02 Jan 1945
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Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
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02 Jan 1945
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World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces. |
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02 Jan 1947
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Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
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02 Jan 1948
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WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins
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02 Jan 1949
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KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Jan 1949
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Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. |
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02 Jan 1952
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"Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances
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02 Jan 1953
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NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
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02 Jan 1954
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Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny, " premieres in New York City
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02 Jan 1955
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1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
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02 Jan 1955
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Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated. |
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02 Jan 1956
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Poujadists / communists win French parliamentary elections
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02 Jan 1959
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USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
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02 Jan 1959
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Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
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02 Jan 1959
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Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union. |
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02 Jan 1960
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1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)
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02 Jan 1960
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John F Kennedy announces run for US Presidency
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02 Jan 1960
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John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
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02 Jan 1960
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Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President
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02 Jan 1961
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1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16
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02 Jan 1962
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Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS
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02 Jan 1963
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Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac. |
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02 Jan 1964
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Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
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02 Jan 1964
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Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana
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02 Jan 1965
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Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters
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02 Jan 1965
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New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
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02 Jan 1965
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Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day
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02 Jan 1966
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1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
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02 Jan 1966
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Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
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02 Jan 1967
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Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California |
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02 Jan 1968
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"Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
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02 Jan 1968
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Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant
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02 Jan 1968
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KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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02 Jan 1969
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"Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
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02 Jan 1969
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"Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
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02 Jan 1970
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Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
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02 Jan 1970
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US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
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02 Jan 1971
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A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
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02 Jan 1971
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The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match. |
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02 Jan 1972
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"Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances
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02 Jan 1972
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Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
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02 Jan 1972
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Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
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02 Jan 1974
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55 mph speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
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02 Jan 1974
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Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
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02 Jan 1974
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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. |
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02 Jan 1975
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US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
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02 Jan 1975
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Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies while in police custody. |
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02 Jan 1975
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A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra. |
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02 Jan 1976
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The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage. |
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02 Jan 1977
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Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
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02 Jan 1978
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Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
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02 Jan 1979
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30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs. Vancouver
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02 Jan 1979
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Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs. West Indies)
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02 Jan 1980
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68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
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02 Jan 1981
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Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
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02 Jan 1981
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Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan
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02 Jan 1981
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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. |
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02 Jan 1982
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"Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 48 performances
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02 Jan 1982
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70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
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02 Jan 1982
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Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
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02 Jan 1982
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SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
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02 Jan 1983
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"Annie" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances
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02 Jan 1983
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"Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 767 performances
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02 Jan 1983
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Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
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02 Jan 1983
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Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
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02 Jan 1983
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Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
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02 Jan 1984
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Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
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02 Jan 1984
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Riot in Tunis kills over 100
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02 Jan 1985
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90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
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02 Jan 1985
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Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
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02 Jan 1985
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Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic Pope Shenuda III
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02 Jan 1985
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Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
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02 Jan 1985
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Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
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02 Jan 1986
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191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
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02 Jan 1986
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New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
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02 Jan 1987
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Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
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02 Jan 1988
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Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
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02 Jan 1988
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Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
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02 Jan 1989
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Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
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02 Jan 1989
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UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
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02 Jan 1990
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Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
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02 Jan 1990
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Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
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02 Jan 1991
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Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll
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02 Jan 1992
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Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney
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02 Jan 1992
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Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. |
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02 Jan 1993
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"Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 55 performances
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02 Jan 1993
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Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon. |
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02 Jan 1994
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"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 performances
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02 Jan 1994
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"Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 performances
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02 Jan 1994
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Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
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02 Jan 1995
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Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
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02 Jan 1995
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Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
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02 Jan 1995
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Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
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02 Jan 1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
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02 Jan 1998
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Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine
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02 Jan 1999
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A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported. |
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02 Jan 2004
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Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. |
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02 Jan 2006
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An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition. |
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02 Jan 2011
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January 2011 Baghdad shootings take place. |
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02 Jan 2013
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Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. |
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