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02 January, 2004
Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.
02 January, 2002
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
02 January, 2001
Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico.
02 January, 1999
A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.
02 January, 1998
Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
02 January, 1993
Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans.
02 January, 1991
Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC, becoming the first African American woman to lead a city of that size and importance.
02 January, 1974
Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
02 January, 1971
The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football game.
02 January, 1969
Luis Ferré becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico.
02 January, 1969
Operation Barrier Reef began in Mekong Delta, Vietnam
02 January, 1959
The first artificial satellite to orbit the moon, Luna 1, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
02 January, 1957
The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge.
02 January, 1955
Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated.
02 January, 1949
Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
02 January, 1946
Unable to resume rule after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the throne.
02 January, 1942
World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces.
02 January, 1942
The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
02 January, 1941
World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
02 January, 1941
World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort.
02 January, 1935
Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh.
02 January, 1929
Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls.
02 January, 1923
U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns over the Teapot Dome scandal.
02 January, 1921
The first religious radio broadcast (KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) .
02 January, 1920
The Palmer Raids begin in the United States.
02 January, 1917
The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.
02 January, 1905
The American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms.
02 January, 1905
Russo-Japanese War: The Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
02 January, 1900
John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
02 January, 1893
Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces railroad chronometers.
02 January, 1890
Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the White House.
02 January, 1882
John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.
02 January, 1879
Fred Spofforth claims the first hat-trick in test cricket on the Sydney Cricket Ground against England.
02 January, 1872
Brigham Young is arrested on charges of bigamy for having 25 wives.
02 January, 1871
Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.
02 January, 1860
The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
02 January, 1818
The British Institution of Civil Engineers is formed.
02 January, 1793
Russia and Prussia partition Poland.
02 January, 1791
Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
02 January, 1788
Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
02 January, 1757
The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.
02 January, 1492
Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
02 January, 533
Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
02 January, 366
Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

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