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1642 Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) 1647 Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) 1699 Osman III, sultan (Turkey) 1713 Mlle Dumesnil, Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phdre, Hermione) 1727 James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qu‚bec) 1728 Louis, Count Barbiano of Belgium 1752 Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village) 1777 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor 1803 Gugliemo Libri, (della Somaia), Ital/French bibliographer 1822 Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics) 1831 Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) 1835 Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers) 1837 Mily Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer 1842 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist 1857 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) 1860 William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) 1861 Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) 1863 Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) 1873 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics) 1879 John L Walch, literary (Grimaces) 1879 Pieter Tesch, gelogist (Pedestal of Nederlands) 1880 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer 1884 Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) 1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes) 1889 Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor (La Rondine) 1894 Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) 1895 Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) 1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, sect-gen (NATO) 19-- John Bedford-Lloyd, New Haven Ct, actor (Peter-Hometown) 19-- Ron Hale, actor (Ryan's Hope) 1901 Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society) 1903 Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary 1904 James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival) 1904 Sally Rand, stripper (fan dance) 1908 Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story) 1912 Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital) 1912 Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer 1912 Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion) 1913 Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer 1913 L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist 1915 John Hope Franklin, historian 1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy) 1922 Jason Evers, NYC, actor (Wrangler, Channing) 1922 Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano 1925 William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff 1927 Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts) 1927 Richard Belmont Ray, (Rep-D-Ga) 1928 Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il), House Ways & Means Committee chair 1928 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle) 1930 Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) 1931 Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989- ) 1932 Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill) 1936 Roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me) 1939 Jim Bakker, televangelist/rapist (PTL Club) 1947 Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) 1947 Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) 1949 Chick Churchill, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) 1949 Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) 1952 Wendy Phillips, Bkln NY, actress (Stacey-Executive Suite) 1954 Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972) 1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss) 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km 1964 David Cone, pitcher (NY Mets, Tor Blue Jays) 1966 Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World) 1978 Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 021790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococobeeldhouwer, dies 1861 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/emp of Germ (1849-61), dies 1904 James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 1913 L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies 1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (King of Saba), dies 1917 Edward B Tylor, English Anthropologist, dies at 84 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German chancellor/PM of Prussia, dies 1927 Achad Ha'am, [Asjr Ginsberg], Hebrews philosopher/writer, dies 1929 Erich Wichman(n), painter/sculptor, dies 1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies 1955 Jos‚ Antonio Remon, president of Panam (1919..55), assassinated 1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, actor/director (Haagsche Comedy), dies at 60 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (world record time 45,798 km), dies 1963 Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52 1968 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies 1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 1983 Harriet Parsons, actress/producer, dies at 76 of cancer 1986 Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 1990 Belcampo, [Herman P Sch”nfeld Wichers], lawyer/writer, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 02[Georgia] Constitution Ratification Day (1788) [Haiti] Ancestor/Hero's Day [Japan] Kakizome [Japan] Shigoto Hajime-Begin Work Day [beginning of the work year] [Spain] Granada Day (1492) [Switzerland] Berchtold's Tag, founding of Berne [US] Betsy Ross Day (1776) [Scotland] Handsel Monday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 02[Christian] Commemoration of St Macarius the Younger, martyr [Unification Church] Day of Victory of Love [old RC] Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (most years) 390 [RC] Memorial of St Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, bishops 1836 [RC] Commemoration of St Gaspar del Bufalo, Italian priest 1872 [Lutheran] Commemoration of Johann Loehe, pastor 1996 [Jewish] Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5756 Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 02 Earth at perihelion (Earth closest to the Sun) (most years) [Rome] Caput Nonarum (a d iv Non Jan) Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1492 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale 1776 1st revolutionary flag displayed 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution 1790 Mozart's opera "Cos fan tutti" premiers, ViennaS01021800 Free black co 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) 1831 Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston 1832 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens 1842 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1843 Wagner's opera "Der fliegende Holl„nder" premiers, Dresden 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends 1870 Building Brooklyn Bridge begins 1879 Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1882 Because of antimonopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer 1893 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued 1893 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago [or 0501] 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur 1909 1st official Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50) 1910 1st junior high schools in US open in Berkeley, Calif 1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #814 Tauris 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Qu‚bec Bank 1918 Montr‚al Wanderers' Westmount hockey arena burns down 1919 Anti-British uprsing in Ireland 1919 Lithuania gains independence 1920 10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids) 1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in US, Pittsburgh 1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens 1925 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) 1933 Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3 1933 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1933 US troops leave Nicaragua 1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania 1935 Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Mo 1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace 1942 German troops in Bardia surrender 1942 Japanese occupy Manila 1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) 1945 George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed 1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basektball game win streak, ends in 1955 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali 1948 WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins 1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak 1955 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premiers on NBC (later on CBS) 1956 French parliamentary election (leftward swing) 1959 1st spacecraft to orbit the Sun launched (USSR) 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees 1959 USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president 1961 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale 1962 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premiers on CBS 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1965 Voter registration drive, led by Martin Luther King Jr, starts 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game 1968 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%) 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" 1979 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver 1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins 1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins 1982 SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT 1983 "Annie" closes on Broadway (it played 2,377 performances) 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship 1985 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1985 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions 1986 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1986 NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ 1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn 1988 Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1989 UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 022nd day of the year with 363 remaining (Numerology = 3) 1876 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1918 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0201/02/42 --- Blues In The Night --- Herman, Woody 01/02/42 --- White Cliffs Of Dover, The --- Kyser, Kay 01/02/42 --- String Of Pearls, A --- Miller, Glenn 01/02/48 --- Ballerina --- Clark, Buddy 01/02/54 --- Secret Love --- Day, Doris 01/02/54 --- What It Was, Was Football --- Griffith, Andy 01/02/65 --- Downtown --- Clark, Petula 01/02/65 --- Hold What You've Got --- Tex, Joe 01/02/71 --- Mr. Bojangles --- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 01/02/93 --- Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme), A --- 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