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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, ...