Page 7: Historical Events In January - 02

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

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

1959  Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees on January - 02.   

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  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 this day in history 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  On January - 02 nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS   

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

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 this day in history.   

1965  Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day on January - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 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 on January - 02.   

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

1974  On January - 02 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  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  On January - 02 death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

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

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on January - 02.   

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

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