SomeFacts | January 2

On this day - January 2

69 — The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty ...

366 — The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading ...

533 — Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new ...

1444 — Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica.

1492 — Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish ...

1680 — Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his ...

1776 — Empress Maria Theresa of Austria amends the Constitutio ...

1777 — American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command ...

1788 — Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States ...

1791 — Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by ...

1818 — The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a ...

1863 — American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River ends ...

1865 — Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians ...

1900 — Chicago Canal opens.

1900 — American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open ...

1920 — The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of ...

1921 — World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech ...

1932 — The Young Brothers engaged in a gun battle resulting in the ...

1941 — World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral ...

1942 — World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling ...

1942 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the ...

1949 — Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically ...

1954 — India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat ...

1955 — Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José ...

1959 — Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon ...

1963 — Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at ...

1967 — Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the ...

1971 — The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic ...

1975 — At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at ...

1976 — The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding ...

1978 — On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad ...

1981 — One of the largest investigations by a British police force ...

1988 — Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, ...

1991 — Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman ...

1993 — Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians ...

2004 — Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting ...

2022 — Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan ...

2024 — Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, ...