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Today January 2nd in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
366 – The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
1492 – Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
1833 – Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.
1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
1871 – Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.
1900 – John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh.
1941 – World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history — the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces.
1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
1955 – Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated.
1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match.
1974 – President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.
2001 – Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico.
2002 – Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.
Births
1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)
1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676)
1699 – Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1757)
1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)
1727 – James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)
1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
1822 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)
1827 – Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)
1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
1836 – Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)
1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910)
1866 – Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
1873 – Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)
1877 – Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)
1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
1888 – Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (d. 1965)
1889 – Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
1895 – Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
1896 – Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
1896 – Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
1897 – Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)
1902 – Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
1904 – Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979)
1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer
1910 – Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu Poet (d. 1983)
1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
1917 – Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)
1918 – Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian author (d. 1992)
1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (d. 2007)
1925 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)
1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
1930 – Julius LaRosa, American singer
1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician
1933 – Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
1936 – Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
1938 – Ian Brady, British serial killer
1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
1939 – Jim Bakker, American televangelist
1940 – S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
1942 – Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1942 – Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1943 – Baris Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999)
1944 – Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
1946 – Richard Cole, American tour manager
1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist
1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright
1950 – David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
1954 – Henry Bonilla, American politician
1954 – Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer
1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist
1957 – Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961 – Todd Haynes, American film director
1963 – David Cone, American baseball player
1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player
1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress
1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1968 – Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
1968 – Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
1968 – Goichi Suda, Japanese video game developer
1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
1969 – Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer
1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
1969 – Robby Gordon, American racing driver
1970 – Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1970 – Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
1970 – Sanda Ladosi, Romanian singer
1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor
1971 – Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator
1972 – Christopher Lennertz, American composer
1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
1973 – Lucy Davis, British actress
1973 – Will Kirby, American actor
1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
1975 – Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor
1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
1976 – Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
1976 – Cletidus Hunt, American football player
1976 – Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
1977 – Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Scott Proctor, American baseball player
1978 – Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1979 – Suranne Jones, British actress
1979 – Jonathan Greening, British footballer
1980 – Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress
1983 – Andrew Ebbett, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Colleen Taylor, American journalist
1985 – Heather O Reilly, American soccer player
1987 – Loui Batley, British actress
1987 – Syesha Mercado, American singer
1988 – Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
Deaths
1512 – Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)
1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (b. c1460)
1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
1685 – Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)
1694 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)
1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688)
1861 – King Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
1892 – George Airy, British Astronomer Royal (b. 1801)
1893 – John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)
1904 – James Longstreet, American Confederate general (b. 1821)
1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
1915 – Carl Goldmark, Hungarian composer (b. 1830)
1917 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
1920 – Paul Adam, French novelist (b. 1862)
1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
1936 – Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)
1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)
1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist (b. 1898)
1945 – Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, British naval commander (b. 1883)
1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1950 – James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
1951 – Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (b. 1880)
1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1960 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
1963 – Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904)
1963 – Jack Carson, American actor (b. 1910)
1971 – Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)
1974 – Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
1977 – Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921)
1984 – Dick Emery, English comedian (b. 1915)
1986 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
1986 – Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (b. 1914)
1986 – Dick James, English music publisher (Northern Songs) (b. 1920)
1990 – Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
1994 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (b. 1914)
1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (b. 1915)
1995 – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. 1919)
1995 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
1997 – Randy California, American guitarist & songwriter (Spirit) (b. 1951)
1998 – Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920)
1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
2000 – Patrick O Brian, British novelist (b. 1914)
2000 – Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U.S. admiral (b. 1920)
2000 – Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. 1931)
2001 – William P. Rogers, American politician (b. 1913)
2001 – Teri Diver, American actress (b. 1971)
2002 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. 1958)
2003 – Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1922)
2004 – Jess Collins, American artist (b. 1923)
2004 – Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)
2005 – Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (b. 1913)
2005 – Edo Murtic, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (b. 1922)
2005 – Ronald Bo Ginn, American politician (b. 1934)
2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913)
2007 – Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007 – David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (b. 1919)
2007 – Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (b. 1924)
2007 – Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. 1929)
2007 – Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
2007 – Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. 1942)
2007 – Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
2007 – Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951)
2007 – Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957)
2008 – Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2008 – Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (b. 1923)
2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
2009 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
Holidays and observances
Second day of the Hogmanay Bank Holiday, Scotland
Second day of New Year, Slovenia – Public holidays in Slovenia
Second day of New Year, Serbia – Public holidays in Serbia
Day after New Year s Day, New Zealand – Public holidays in New Zealand
The ninth day of Christmas (and ninth night of same) in Western Christianity.
Basil the Great
Caspar del Bufalo
Gregory of Nazianzus
Macarius the Younger
Seraphim of Sarov
Saint Defendens of Thebes
January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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