Historical Events In January - 02

1955  Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated on this day in history.  

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

1959  On January - 02 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 this day in history 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  Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President on this day in history.  

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  

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

1962  On this day in history 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  Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana on this day in history.  

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

1965  On this day in history obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day  

1965  On January - 02 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 January - 02.  

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

1968  The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor on January - 02.  

1968  On this day in history the worlds first heart transplant is carried out  

1968  Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on January - 02.  

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

1969  FLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa on January - 02.  

1969  On this day in history georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74  

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

1970  US population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%) on this day in history.  

1970  On January - 02 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  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  Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres on this day in history.  

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 January - 02.  

1647  On January - 02 birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

1699  On January - 02 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  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 this day in history.  

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.  

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies  

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

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

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

1685  On this day in history death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

1694  On January - 02 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  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63