Historical Events In January - 02

1955  On this day in history jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated  

1956  On this day in history poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections  

1959  On this day in history cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees  

1959  USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit on January - 02.  

1960  On this day in history first redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)  

1960  On this day in history john Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years  

1960  Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President  

1960  On January - 02 cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60  

1961  Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14ºF recorded atop Haleakale on this day in history.  

1961  On January - 02 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies  

1962  On January - 02 nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS  

1963  Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 on January - 02.  

1964  Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day  

1965  University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signs with the New York Jets football team for a reported $400,000 on this day in history.  

1965  Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1968  Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant on this day in history.  

1968  The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor on January - 02.  

1968  On January - 02 the worlds first heart transplant is carried out  

1968  Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on this day in history.  

1969  "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy on January - 02.  

1969  On January - 02 fLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.  

1969  On this day in history georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74  

1970  Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam on January - 02.  

1970  US population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%) on January - 02.  

1970  Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 on January - 02.  

1971  On this day in history a barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66  

1972  On this day in history mariner 9 begins mapping Mars  

1974  On January - 02 u.S. President Nixon signs into law a national highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour.  

1974  Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres on January - 02.  

1974  Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)  

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.  

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)  

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on January - 02.  

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.  

1732  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer  

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.  

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)  

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1726  On this day in history domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37  

1740  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63