Page 7: Historical Events In January - 02

1960  inaugural redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax).   

1960  John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4950000000 years.   

1960  Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres.   

1960  Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President.   

1960  Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60   

1961  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   

1962  Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS   

1963  Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58.   

1964  Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan.   

1964  Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters   

1965  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 $400000   

1965  Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63   

1968  Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

1968  Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor is born   

1968  The worlds inaugural heart transplant is carried out.   

1968  Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies.   

1969  "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy   

1969  FLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.   

1969  Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74   

1970  Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam.   

1970  US population is 293200000; Black population 22600000 (11.1%).   

1970  Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85.   

1971  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.   

1974  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   

1974  Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67   

1975  US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species.   

1977  Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53.   

1978  In this year, Rhino Records releases their inaugural album "Wildmania".   

1979  Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1727  On January - 02 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  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

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 January - 02.   

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

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