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January 2, 1998 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine January 2, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM January 2, 1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed January 2, 1995 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21 January 2, 1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) January 2, 1994 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont New York City after 40 performances January 2, 1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf January 2, 1994 Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57 January 2, 1993 "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 55 performances January 2, 1992 Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney January 2, 1991 Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll January 2, 1990 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15) January 2, 1990 Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson) January 2, 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship January 2, 1989 UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game January 2, 1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn January 2, 1988 Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement January 2, 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ January 2, 1987 Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis January 2, 1986 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange January 2, 1986 New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal January 2, 1985 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter January 2, 1985 Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts January 2, 1985 Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III January 2, 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score January 2, 1985 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions January 2, 1984 Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century January 2, 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship January 2, 1984 Riot in Tunis kills over 100 January 2, 1984 Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Phila's 1st black mayor January 2, 1983 "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances January 2, 1983 "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 767 performances January 2, 1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ January 2, 1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury" January 2, 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes January 2, 1982 "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances January 2, 1982 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64) January 2, 1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins January 2, 1982 San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT January 2, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65) January 2, 1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan January 2, 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) January 2, 1979 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver January 2, 1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI) January 2, 1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins January 2, 1978 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey January 2, 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" January 2, 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing January 2, 1975 U.S. Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species January 2, 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon January 2, 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres January 2, 1972 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances January 2, 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game January 2, 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars January 2, 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game January 2, 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 January 2, 1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam January 2, 1970 U.S. population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%) January 2, 1969 "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances January 2, 1969 "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy January 2, 1969 Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City January 2, 1968 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances January 2, 1968 Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant January 2, 1968 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting January 2, 1966 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion January 2, 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game January 2, 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters January 2, 1965 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath January 2, 1965 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day January 2, 1964 Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan January 2, 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana January 2, 1962 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS January 2, 1961 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 January 2, 1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale January 2, 1960 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) January 2, 1960 John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency January 2, 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years January 2, 1960 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres January 2, 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president January 2, 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees January 2, 1959 U.S.S.R. launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit January 2, 1958 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY January 2, 1956 Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections January 2, 1955 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS) January 2, 1954 Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in New York City January 2, 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak January 2, 1952 "Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 542 performances January 2, 1951 Philip Barry's "Second Threshold," premieres in New York City January 2, 1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting January 2, 1948 WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins January 2, 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali January 2, 1945 Allied air raid on Neurenberg January 2, 1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955 January 2, 1945 Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion January 2, 1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) January 2, 1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace January 2, 1942 German troops in Bardia surrender January 2, 1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines January 2, 1939 Bradman scores 107 SA vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century January 2, 1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded January 2, 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Mo January 2, 1936 Bradman scores 357 for SA vs. Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours January 2, 1935 Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby January 2, 1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania January 2, 1934 Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 mins, 29 fours 4 sixes January 2, 1933 Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test January 2, 1933 Bruins beat Rangers in New York 13-3 January 2, 1933 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) January 2, 1933 US troops leave Nicaragua January 2, 1932 Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri January 2, 1929 US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls January 2, 1925 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) January 2, 1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh January 2, 1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens January 2, 1920 10,000 U.S. union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids) January 2, 1919 Anti-British uprising in Ireland January 2, 1919 Lithuania gains independence January 2, 1918 Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes and Mamaux January 2, 1918 NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down January 2, 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank January 2, 1914 Philips installs research department in Eindhoven January 2, 1913 National Woman's Party forms January 2, 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 January 2, 1910 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California) January 2, 1909 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50) January 2, 1908 Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa January 2, 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine January 2, 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur January 2, 1903 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black January 2, 1900 E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal) January 2, 1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris January 2, 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) January 2, 1893 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued January 2, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago January 2, 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer January 2, 1890 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny January 2, 1885 Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum January 2, 1882 Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust January 2, 1881 Camille Saint-Saens' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres January 2, 1879 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG January 2, 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die January 2, 1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education January 2, 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill January 2, 1871 King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 January 2, 1870 Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins January 2, 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends January 2, 1861 South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor January 2, 1861 Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia January 2, 1843 Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" premieres, Dresden January 2, 1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn January 2, 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) January 2, 1832 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens January 2, 1831 Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston January 2, 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto) January 2, 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" January 2, 1811 U.S. Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the U.S.) January 2, 1800 Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave January 2, 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna January 2, 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution January 2, 1776 1st revolutionary flag displayed January 2, 1776 Austria ends interregation torture January 2, 1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India January 2, 1678 Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva" January 2, 1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish January 2, 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale January 2, 1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville January 2, 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins January 2, 1492 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) January 2, 1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names January 2, 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope January 2, 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor |