Historical Events In January - 02

1955  Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated on January - 02.   

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

1959  Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 02 uSSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit   

1960  First redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) on January - 02.   

1960  On January - 02 john Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years   

1960  Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres on January - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1962  Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS on January - 02.   

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

1964  On January - 02 ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan   

1964  On this day in history failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana   

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters   

1965  On January - 02 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  On this day in history staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63   

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

1968  On this day in history the birth of Cuba Gooding Jr, American actor   

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 this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history fLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.   

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  On this day in history uS population is 293,200,000; Black population 22,600,000 (11.1%)   

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 this day in history.   

1972  Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars on this day in history.   

1974  On January - 02 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 this day in history.   

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1642  On January - 02 birth of mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)   

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  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on January - 02.   

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

0017  Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies on January - 02.   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

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  On January - 02 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