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  USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1961  On January - 02 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 January - 02.  

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

1964  Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on January - 02.  

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 January - 02.  

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

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

1968  On this day in history christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant  

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

1968  The worlds first heart transplant is carried out on January - 02.  

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

1969  On this day in history "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy  

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

1969  On January - 02 georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74  

1970  On January - 02 dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam  

1970  On this day in history uS population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%)  

1970  On January - 02 piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85  

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  On this day in history u.S. President Nixon signs into law a national highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour.  

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

1974  On this day in history tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67  

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1642  On this day in history birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)  

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

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)  

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.  

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

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)  

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium  

1732  On this day in history 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  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1557  On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)  

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

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