Page 7: Historical Events In January - 02

1955  On this day in history jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama (1952-55), assassinated   

1956  On this day in history poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections   

1959  On this day in history cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees   

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 this day in history.   

1960  John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years on January - 02.   

1960  On this day in history roger Sessions' 4th Symphony premieres   

1960  Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President on this day in history.   

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 January - 02.   

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

1962  On January - 02 nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS   

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

1964  Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan on this day in history.   

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

1965  Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters on this day in history.   

1965  Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day on this day in history.   

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

1965  Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.   

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

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

1968  On January - 02 the worlds first heart transplant is carried out   

1968  Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies on January - 02.   

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

1969  On January - 02 fLQ bombs are discovered in Ottawa.   

1969  Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 on this day in history.   

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  Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 on January - 02.   

1971  On this day in history a barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66   

1972  On January - 02 mariner 9 begins mapping Mars   

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

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  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 January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  On this day in history birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  On this day in history birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

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

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  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on January - 02.   

1557  On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)   

1685  On this day in history 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  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on January - 02.   

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