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Revision as of 14:25, 18 April 2002
January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 363 days remaining (364 in leap years).
Events:
- 366 - Alamanni cross frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading Roman Empire.
- 1788 - Georgia becomes the 4th of the United States.
- 1971 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland.
Births:
- 1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor (+ 1857)
- 1822 - Rudolf Clausius, physicist, contributions to thermodynamics (+ 1888)
- 1859 - Anna Sacher, hotelier, Sacher cake (+ 1930)
- 1870 - Ernst Barlach, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (+ 1938)
- 1896 - Dziga Vertov, filmmaker
- 1912 - Renato Guttuso, painter (+ 1987)
- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, author
- 1939 - Jim Bakker, televangelist
- 1939 - Konstanze Vernon, dancer
- 1968 - Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
Deaths:
- 1904 - James Longstreet, Confederate general
- 1939 - Roman Dmowski, politician
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
January 1 - January 3 - December 2 - February 2 - Historical anniversaries