Page 7: Historical Events In January - 02

1955  Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated on January - 02.   

1956  On January - 02 poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections   

1959  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 first redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)   

1960  John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years on January - 02.   

1960  On this day in history roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres   

1960  On January - 02 senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President   

1960  On this day in history 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  Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters   

1965  On January - 02 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 January - 02.   

1965  On this day in history staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63   

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

1968  On January - 02 the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor   

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

1968  On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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

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

1970  Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 02 uS population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%)   

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

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

1972  Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  On January - 02 tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67   

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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  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

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

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  On this day in history birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

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  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on January - 02.   

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

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

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

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.