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| January 2nd, 2008 (January 02 2008) | Death | Gerry Staley, American baseball player (born in 1920) | |
| January 2nd, 2008 (January 02 2008) | Death | Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krommaluang Narathiwat Rajanagarindra, elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (born in 1923) | |
| January 2nd, 2008 (January 02 2008) | Death | George MacDonald Fraser, British author (born in 1925) | George MacDonald Quotes |
| January 2nd, 2008 (January 02 2008) | Death | Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (born in 1926) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (born in 1911) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (born in 1919) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (born in 1924) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (born in 1929) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Sergio Jimenez, Mexican actor (born in 1937) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (born in 1937) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (born in 1941) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (born in 1942) | Solomon Quotes |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (born in 1950) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (born in 1951) | |
| January 2nd, 2007 (January 02 2007) | Death | Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (born in 1957) | |
| January 2nd, 2006 (January 02 2006) | Death | Cecilia Munoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (born in 1913) | |
| January 2nd, 2005 (January 02 2005) | Death | Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (born in 1911) | |
| January 2nd, 2005 (January 02 2005) | Death | Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (born in 1913) | |
| January 2nd, 2005 (January 02 2005) | Death | Edo Murtic, Croatian painter (born in 1921) | |
| January 2nd, 2005 (January 02 2005) | Death | Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (born in 1922) | |
| January 2nd, 2005 (January 02 2005) | Death | Ronald Bo Ginn, American politician (born in 1934) | |
| January 2nd, 2004 (January 02 2004) | Event | Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later. | |
| January 2nd, 2004 (January 02 2004) | Death | Jess Collins, American artist (born in 1923) | |
| January 2nd, 2004 (January 02 2004) | Death | Lynn Cartwright, American actress (born in 1927) | |
| January 2nd, 2003 (January 02 2003) | Death | Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (born in 1922) | |
| January 2nd, 2002 (January 02 2002) | Event | Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly. | |
| January 2nd, 2002 (January 02 2002) | Death | Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (born in 1958) | |
| January 2nd, 2001 (January 02 2001) | Event | Sila Calderon becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico. | |
| January 2nd, 2001 (January 02 2001) | Death | William P. Rogers, American politician (born in 1913) | Will Rogers Quotes |
| January 2nd, 2001 (January 02 2001) | Death | Teri Diver, American actress (born in 1971) | |
| January 2nd, 2000 (January 02 2000) | Death | Patrick O Brian, British novelist (born in 1914) | |
| January 2nd, 2000 (January 02 2000) | Death | Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U.S. admiral (born in 1920) | |
| January 2nd, 2000 (January 02 2000) | Death | Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (born in 1931) | |
| January 2nd, 1999 (January 02 1999) | Event | A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13øF (-25øC); 68 deaths are reported. | |
| January 2nd, 1999 (January 02 1999) | Death | Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (born in 1907) | |
| January 2nd, 1998 (January 02 1998) | Death | Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (born in 1920) | |
| January 2nd, 1997 (January 02 1997) | Death | Randy California, American guitarist & songwriter (Spirit) (born in 1951) | |
| January 2nd, 1996 (January 02 1996) | Death | Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (born in 1915) | |
| January 2nd, 1995 (January 02 1995) | Death | Siad Barre, President of Somalia (born in 1919) | |
| January 2nd, 1995 (January 02 1995) | Death | Nancy Kelly, American actress (born in 1921) | |
| January 2nd, 1994 (January 02 1994) | Death | Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (born in 1914) | |
| January 2nd, 1994 (January 02 1994) | Death | Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (born in 1915) | |
| January 2nd, 1993 (January 02 1993) | Event | Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans. | |
| January 2nd, 1990 (January 02 1990) | Death | Alan Hale Jr., American actor (born in 1918) | |
| January 2nd, 1988 (January 02 1988) | Birth | Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer | Evans Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1987 (January 02 1987) | Birth | Loui Batley, British actress | |
| January 2nd, 1987 (January 02 1987) | Birth | Syesha Mercado, American singer | |
| January 2nd, 1986 (January 02 1986) | Death | Una Merkel, American actress (born in 1903) | |
| January 2nd, 1986 (January 02 1986) | Death | Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (born in 1914) | |
| January 2nd, 1986 (January 02 1986) | Death | Dick James, English music publisher (Northern Songs) (born in 1920) | |
| January 2nd, 1985 (January 02 1985) | Birth | Heather O Reilly, American soccer player | |
| January 2nd, 1984 (January 02 1984) | Birth | Colleen Taylor, American journalist | |
| January 2nd, 1983 (January 02 1983) | Birth | Kate Bosworth, American actress | |
| January 2nd, 1983 (January 02 1983) | Death | Dick Emery, English comedian (born in 1915) | |
| January 2nd, 1982 (January 02 1982) | Birth | Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker | |
| January 2nd, 1981 (January 02 1981) | Birth | Hanno Balitsch, German footballer | |
| January 2nd, 1981 (January 02 1981) | Birth | Ryan Garko, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1981 (January 02 1981) | Birth | Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player | |
| January 2nd, 1981 (January 02 1981) | Birth | Maxi Rodriguez, Argentine footballer | |
| January 2nd, 1980 (January 02 1980) | Birth | Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant | Martial Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1979 (January 02 1979) | Birth | Suranne Jones, British actress | |
| January 2nd, 1979 (January 02 1979) | Birth | Jonathan Greening, British footballer | |
| January 2nd, 1978 (January 02 1978) | Birth | Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) | |
| January 2nd, 1977 (January 02 1977) | Birth | Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player | |
| January 2nd, 1977 (January 02 1977) | Birth | Scott Proctor, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1977 (January 02 1977) | Death | Errol Garner, American musician (born in 1921) | |
| January 2nd, 1976 (January 02 1976) | Birth | Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper | |
| January 2nd, 1976 (January 02 1976) | Birth | Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist | |
| January 2nd, 1976 (January 02 1976) | Birth | Cletidus Hunt, American football player | |
| January 2nd, 1976 (January 02 1976) | Birth | Mahee Paiement, Canadian actress | |
| January 2nd, 1976 (January 02 1976) | Birth | Paz Vega, Spanish actress | |
| January 2nd, 1975 (January 02 1975) | Birth | Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End) | |
| January 2nd, 1975 (January 02 1975) | Birth | Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank) | |
| January 2nd, 1975 (January 02 1975) | Birth | Dax Shepard, American actor | |
| January 2nd, 1975 (January 02 1975) | Birth | Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player | |
| January 2nd, 1974 (January 02 1974) | Event | President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. | |
| January 2nd, 1974 (January 02 1974) | Death | Tex Ritter, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| January 2nd, 1973 (January 02 1973) | Birth | Lucy Davis, British actress | |
| January 2nd, 1973 (January 02 1973) | Birth | Will Kirby, American actor | |
| January 2nd, 1972 (January 02 1972) | Birth | Adam Elliot, Australian animator | |
| January 2nd, 1972 (January 02 1972) | Birth | Christopher Lennertz, American composer | |
| January 2nd, 1972 (January 02 1972) | Birth | Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper | |
| January 2nd, 1971 (January 02 1971) | Event | The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match. | |
| January 2nd, 1971 (January 02 1971) | Birth | Taye Diggs, American actor | |
| January 2nd, 1971 (January 02 1971) | Birth | Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer | |
| January 2nd, 1971 (January 02 1971) | Birth | Lisa Harrison, American basketball player | |
| January 2nd, 1971 (January 02 1971) | Death | Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (born in 1906) | |
| January 2nd, 1970 (January 02 1970) | Birth | Royce Clayton, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1970 (January 02 1970) | Birth | Robert Fertitta, American opera singer | |
| January 2nd, 1970 (January 02 1970) | Birth | Sanda Ladosi, Romanian singer | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Event | Luis Ferre becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico. | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Event | Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Tommy Morrison, American boxer | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Robert Svehla, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Christy Turlington, American model | |
| January 2nd, 1969 (January 02 1969) | Birth | Robby Gordon, American racing driver | |
| January 2nd, 1968 (January 02 1968) | Birth | Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor | |
| January 2nd, 1968 (January 02 1968) | Birth | Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion | |
| January 2nd, 1968 (January 02 1968) | Birth | Evan Parke, Jamaican actor | |
| January 2nd, 1968 (January 02 1968) | Birth | Goichi Suda, Japanese video game developer | |
| January 2nd, 1967 (January 02 1967) | Birth | Tia Carrere, American actress | |
| January 2nd, 1967 (January 02 1967) | Birth | Jon Gnarr, Icelandic comedian | |
| January 2nd, 1967 (January 02 1967) | Birth | Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player | |
| January 2nd, 1965 (January 02 1965) | Birth | Greg Swindell, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1964 (January 02 1964) | Birth | Pernell Whitaker, American boxer | |
| January 2nd, 1963 (January 02 1963) | Birth | David Cone, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1963 (January 02 1963) | Birth | Edgar Martinez, American baseball player | |
| January 2nd, 1963 (January 02 1963) | Death | Dick Powell, American actor (born in 1904) | |
| January 2nd, 1963 (January 02 1963) | Death | Jack Carson, American actor (born in 1910) | |
| January 2nd, 1961 (January 02 1961) | Birth | Gabrielle Carteris, American actress | |
| January 2nd, 1961 (January 02 1961) | Birth | Todd Haynes, American film director | |
| January 2nd, 1960 (January 02 1960) | Birth | Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author | |
| January 2nd, 1960 (January 02 1960) | Death | Paul Sauve, Canadian politician (born in 1907) | |
| January 2nd, 1960 (January 02 1960) | Death | Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (born in 1919) | |
| January 2nd, 1959 (January 02 1959) | Event | Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R. | |
| January 2nd, 1959 (January 02 1959) | Death | Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (born in 1880) | |
| January 2nd, 1958 (January 02 1958) | Birth | Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist | |
| January 2nd, 1957 (January 02 1957) | Event | The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge. | |
| January 2nd, 1957 (January 02 1957) | Birth | Joanna Pacula, Polish actress | |
| January 2nd, 1955 (January 02 1955) | Event | Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. | |
| January 2nd, 1955 (January 02 1955) | Birth | Tex Brashear, American voice actor | |
| January 2nd, 1954 (January 02 1954) | Birth | Henry Bonilla, American politician | |
| January 2nd, 1954 (January 02 1954) | Birth | Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) | |
| January 2nd, 1952 (January 02 1952) | Birth | Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (died in 2001) | |
| January 2nd, 1951 (January 02 1951) | Birth | Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter | |
| January 2nd, 1951 (January 02 1951) | Death | Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (born in 1870) | |
| January 2nd, 1950 (January 02 1950) | Birth | David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist | |
| January 2nd, 1950 (January 02 1950) | Death | James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (born in 1877) | |
| January 2nd, 1950 (January 02 1950) | Death | Emil Jannings, Swiss actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor (born in 1884) | |
| January 2nd, 1949 (January 02 1949) | Event | Luis Munoz Marin becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. | |
| January 2nd, 1949 (January 02 1949) | Birth | Christopher Durang, American playwright | |
| January 2nd, 1947 (January 02 1947) | Birth | Jack Hanna, American zoologist | |
| January 2nd, 1947 (January 02 1947) | Birth | Calvin Hill, American football player | |
| January 2nd, 1946 (January 02 1946) | Event | Unable to resume rule after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the throne. | |
| January 2nd, 1946 (January 02 1946) | Birth | Richard Cole, American tour manager | |
| January 2nd, 1946 (January 02 1946) | Death | Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (born in 1870) | |
| January 2nd, 1945 (January 02 1945) | Death | Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, British naval commander (born in 1883) | |
| January 2nd, 1944 (January 02 1944) | Birth | Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician | |
| January 2nd, 1943 (January 02 1943) | Birth | Bar?s Manco, Turkish singer and television producer (died in 1999) | |
| January 2nd, 1942 (January 02 1942) | Event | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history -- the Duquesne Spy Ring. | |
| January 2nd, 1942 (January 02 1942) | Event | World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. | |
| January 2nd, 1942 (January 02 1942) | Event | The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey. | |
| January 2nd, 1942 (January 02 1942) | Birth | Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
| January 2nd, 1942 (January 02 1942) | Birth | Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| January 2nd, 1941 (January 02 1941) | Event | World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales. | |
| January 2nd, 1941 (January 02 1941) | Event | World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort. | |
| January 2nd, 1941 (January 02 1941) | Death | Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist (born in 1898) | |
| January 2nd, 1940 (January 02 1940) | Birth | S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician | |
| January 2nd, 1939 (January 02 1939) | Birth | Jim Bakker, American televangelist | |
| January 2nd, 1939 (January 02 1939) | Death | Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (born in 1864) | |
| January 2nd, 1938 (January 02 1938) | Birth | Ian Brady, British serial killer | |
| January 2nd, 1938 (January 02 1938) | Birth | Hans Herbjornsrud, Norwegian author | |
| January 2nd, 1936 (January 02 1936) | Birth | Roger Miller, American singer (died in 1992) | |
| January 2nd, 1936 (January 02 1936) | Death | Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (born in 1862) | |
| January 2nd, 1935 (January 02 1935) | Event | Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. | |
| January 2nd, 1933 (January 02 1933) | Birth | Ed Casey, Australian politician (died in 2006) | |
| January 2nd, 1933 (January 02 1933) | Birth | Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist | |
| January 2nd, 1931 (January 02 1931) | Birth | Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician | |
| January 2nd, 1930 (January 02 1930) | Birth | Julius LaRosa, American singer | |
| January 2nd, 1929 (January 02 1929) | Event | Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls. | |
| January 2nd, 1928 (January 02 1928) | Birth | Robert Goralski, American journalist (died in 1988) | |
| January 2nd, 1928 (January 02 1928) | Birth | Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist | |
| January 2nd, 1928 (January 02 1928) | Birth | Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer | |
| January 2nd, 1925 (January 02 1925) | Birth | William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (died in 2007) | |
| January 2nd, 1925 (January 02 1925) | Birth | Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (died in 2008) | |
| January 2nd, 1924 (January 02 1924) | Death | Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (born in 1834) | |
| January 2nd, 1923 (January 02 1923) | Event | United States Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns over the Teapot Dome scandal. | |
| January 2nd, 1921 (January 02 1921) | Birth | Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2007) | |
| January 2nd, 1920 (January 02 1920) | Event | The Palmer Raids begin in the United States. | |
| January 2nd, 1920 (January 02 1920) | Birth | Isaac Asimov, Russian author (died in 1992) | Isaac Asimov Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1920 (January 02 1920) | Death | Paul Adam, French novelist (born in 1862) | |
| January 2nd, 1918 (January 02 1918) | Birth | Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (died in 1943) | |
| January 2nd, 1917 (January 02 1917) | Event | The Royal Bank of Canada takes over the Quebec Bank. | |
| January 2nd, 1917 (January 02 1917) | Birth | Vera Zorina, German dancer (died in 2003) | |
| January 2nd, 1917 (January 02 1917) | Death | Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (born in 1832) | |
| January 2nd, 1915 (January 02 1915) | Death | Carl Goldmark, Hungarian composer (born in 1830) | |
| January 2nd, 1913 (January 02 1913) | Birth | Anna Lee, English actress (died in 2004) | |
| January 2nd, 1913 (January 02 1913) | Death | Leon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (born in 1855) | |
| January 2nd, 1910 (January 02 1910) | Birth | Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu Poet (died in 1983) | |
| January 2nd, 1905 (January 02 1905) | Event | Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. | |
| January 2nd, 1905 (January 02 1905) | Event | The American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms. | |
| January 2nd, 1905 (January 02 1905) | Birth | Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (died in 1938) | |
| January 2nd, 1905 (January 02 1905) | Birth | Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (died in 1991) | |
| January 2nd, 1905 (January 02 1905) | Birth | Michael Tippett, English composer (died in 1998) | |
| January 2nd, 1904 (January 02 1904) | Birth | Sally Rand, American fan dancer (died in 1979) | |
| January 2nd, 1904 (January 02 1904) | Death | James Longstreet, American Confederate general (born in 1821) | |
| January 2nd, 1902 (January 02 1902) | Birth | Dan Keating, Irish republican (died in 2007) | |
| January 2nd, 1902 (January 02 1902) | Birth | Barry Goldwater, American politician (died in 1998) | Barry Goldwater Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1900 (January 02 1900) | Event | John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. | |
| January 2nd, 1897 (January 02 1897) | Birth | Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (died in 1975) | |
| January 2nd, 1896 (January 02 1896) | Birth | Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (died in 1954) | |
| January 2nd, 1896 (January 02 1896) | Birth | Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (died in 1982) | |
| January 2nd, 1895 (January 02 1895) | Birth | Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (died in 1948) | |
| January 2nd, 1893 (January 02 1893) | Event | Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces railroad chronometers. | |
| January 2nd, 1893 (January 02 1893) | Birth | Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (died in 1931) | |
| January 2nd, 1893 (January 02 1893) | Death | John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (born in 1805) | |
| January 2nd, 1892 (January 02 1892) | Birth | Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (died in 1962) | |
| January 2nd, 1892 (January 02 1892) | Death | George Airy, British Astronomer Royal (born in 1801) | |
| January 2nd, 1889 (January 02 1889) | Birth | Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (died in 1973) | |
| January 2nd, 1888 (January 02 1888) | Birth | Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (died in 1965) | |
| January 2nd, 1886 (January 02 1886) | Birth | Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (died in 1938) | |
| January 2nd, 1886 (January 02 1886) | Birth | Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (died in 1959) | |
| January 2nd, 1882 (January 02 1882) | Event | John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust. | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1877 (January 02 1877) | Birth | Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) | |
| January 2nd, 1873 (January 02 1873) | Birth | Therese de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (died in 1897) | |
| January 2nd, 1872 (January 02 1872) | Event | Brigham Young is arrested on charges of bigamy for having 25 wives. | |
| January 2nd, 1871 (January 02 1871) | Event | Amadeus I becomes King of Spain. | |
| January 2nd, 1870 (January 02 1870) | Birth | Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (died in 1938) | |
| January 2nd, 1866 (January 02 1866) | Birth | Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (died in 1957) | Al Murray Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1861 (January 02 1861) | Death | King Frederick William IV of Prussia (born in 1795) | William King Quotes |
| January 2nd, 1860 (January 02 1860) | Event | The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Academie des Sciences in Paris. | |
| January 2nd, 1837 (January 02 1837) | Birth | Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (died in 1910) | |
| January 2nd, 1836 (January 02 1836) | Birth | Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (died in 1885) | |
| January 2nd, 1836 (January 02 1836) | Birth | Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (died in 1917) | |
| January 2nd, 1833 (January 02 1833) | Event | Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands. | |
| January 2nd, 1833 (January 02 1833) | Birth | Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (died in 1893) | |
| January 2nd, 1827 (January 02 1827) | Birth | Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (died in 1914) | |
| January 2nd, 1822 (January 02 1822) | Birth | Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (died in 1888) | |
| January 2nd, 1818 (January 02 1818) | Event | The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded. | |
| January 2nd, 1808 (January 02 1808) | Event | The U.S. Congress bans the importation of slaves. | |
| January 2nd, 1793 (January 02 1793) | Event | Russia and Prussia partition Poland. | |
| January 2nd, 1791 (January 02 1791) | Event | Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. | |
| January 2nd, 1788 (January 02 1788) | Event | Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. | |
| January 2nd, 1777 (January 02 1777) | Birth | Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (died in 1857) | |
| January 2nd, 1757 (January 02 1757) | Event | The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India. | |
| January 2nd, 1727 (January 02 1727) | Birth | James Wolfe, British general (died in 1759) | |
| January 2nd, 1726 (January 02 1726) | Death | Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (born in 1688) | |
| January 2nd, 1719 (January 02 1719) | Birth | Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (died in 1797) | |
| January 2nd, 1713 (January 02 1713) | Birth | Marie Dumesnil, French actress (died in 1803) | |
| January 2nd, 1699 (January 02 1699) | Birth | Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1757) | |
| January 2nd, 1694 (January 02 1694) | Death | Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (born in 1651) | |
| January 2nd, 1685 (January 02 1685) | Death | Harbottle Grimston, English politician (born in 1603) | |
| January 2nd, 1647 (January 02 1647) | Birth | Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (died in 1676) | |
| January 2nd, 1642 (January 02 1642) | Birth | Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1693) | |
| January 2nd, 1557 (January 02 1557) | Death | Pontormo, Italian painter (born in 1494) | |
| January 2nd, 1514 (January 02 1514) | Death | William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) | |
| January 2nd, 1512 (January 02 1512) | Death | Svante, Regent of Sweden (born in 1460) | |
| January 2nd, 1492 (January 02 1492) | Event | Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. | |
| January 2nd, 0533 (January 02 0533) | Event | Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. | |
| January 2nd, 0366 (January 02 0366) | Event | The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. | |
