|
Reference Find out which famous people share the same birthday as you |
|
|||||||
|
January 2nd January 2nd is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days remaining until the end of the year (364 days in leap years). On this page, we have placed information about January 2nd, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day. Famous People born on January 2nd 1727 James Wolfe (British General) 1729 Johann Titius (astronomer) 1909 Barry Goldwater (US politician) 1920 Isaac Asimov (science-fiction author)  1938 David Bailey (photographer, painter) 1940 Jim Bakker (televangelist) 1946 Richard Cole (tour manager of Led Zeppelin) 1949 Brent Spiner (actor) 1967 Tia Carrere (actress) 1968 Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor) 1969 Christy Turlington (model) 1983 Kate Bosworth (actress) January 2nd in History 1788 Georgia is the 4th state to ratify the US Constitution. 1900 First electric bus becomes operational in New York City. 1920 Palmer Raids: 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial in the US. 1942 Japanese forces capture Manila in the Philippines. 1967 Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California.  1968 Dr Christiaan Bernard performs first heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. 1974 During an OPEC oil embargo, US President Richard Nixon signs a bill reducing the speed limit to 55 mph to conserve gasoline.  1975 Federal Rules of Evidence approved by US Congress. 1988 USA and Canada sign free trade agreement. 1991 Sharon Pratt becomes mayor of Washington DC, the first African-American mayor of a major US city. January 2nd is also 8th Day of Christmas  Feast of Saint Basil the Great (Catholicism)  Feast of Saint Gregory Nazianzen (Catholicism) National Science-Fiction Day - in honor of Isaac Asimov's birthday. Astrology People born on January 2nd are Capricorn  Capricorn Information: Capricorn Links:
Disclaimer: Birth dates and other information are thought to be correct, but there is a possibility that some entries may contain inadvert errors. If you spot such an error, please contact us. Sorry, we can not accept suggestions for additional entries at this time, due to the huge backlog of suggestions we have already received.
|
| Contact Us About/Terms of Use Privacy Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures †Disclosure: Advertising Link(s): Our company may receive a payment if you purchase a product/service after following this link. Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures Our sites use cookies, some of which may already be set on your computer. Use of our site constitutes consent for this. For details, please see Privacy. Click privacy for information about our company's privacy, data collection and data retention policies, and your rights. Copyright © 2000-2023, Answers 2000 Limited CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. In Association With Amazon.com Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. In Association With Amazon.co.uk 
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate, our company earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, Endless, and the Endless logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. |
|