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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.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

January 1 - January 3 - December 2 - February 2 - Historical anniversaries