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 this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history uSSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit   

1960  On this day in history first redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)   

1960  On this day in history 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 January - 02 senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President   

1960  On this day in history cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60   

1961  Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14ºF recorded atop Haleakale on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 02 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

1962  Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS on this day in history.   

1963  Dick Powell, actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1964  Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on January - 02.   

1964  Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana on January - 02.   

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

1965  On January - 02 obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day   

1965  University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signs with the New York Jets football team for a reported $400,000 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63   

1968  On January - 02 christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant   

1968  The birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

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

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

1969  On January - 02 georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74   

1970  Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1970  US population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%) on January - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars on January - 02.   

1974  U.S. President Nixon signs into law a national highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour on January - 02.   

1974  On January - 02 worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres   

1974  Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.   

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.   

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 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  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)   

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)   

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

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  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  On January - 02 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63