Page 7: Historical Events In January - 02

1955  On January - 02 jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated   

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

1959  On January - 02 cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees   

1959  On this day in history uSSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit   

1960  First redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) on this day in history.   

1960  On January - 02 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 January - 02 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  On this day in history hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14ºF recorded atop Haleakale   

1961  Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS   

1963  Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On January - 02 failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters on January - 02.   

1965  Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day on this day in history.   

1965  On January - 02 university of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signs with the New York Jets football team for a reported $400,000.   

1965  On January - 02 staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63   

1968  On January - 02 christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

1968  On this day in history the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor   

1968  The worlds first heart transplant is carried out on this day in history.   

1968  On January - 02 sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

1969  On this day in history fLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.   

1969  Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On January - 02 a barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66   

1972  Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars on January - 02.   

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

1974  On this day in history worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres   

1974  Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 on January - 02.   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on January - 02.   

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on January - 02.   

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 January - 02.   

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

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

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

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

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on January - 02.   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.