January 2
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1967
Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
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The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football match.
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At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
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The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
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On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
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One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
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Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
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Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
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Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
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Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leading to 238 people dead and thousands injured by January 11.
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Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18.
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2003CJ Egan-Riley, English footballer
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2003Elye Wahi, French footballer
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2001Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player
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2001Luiz Henrique, Brazilian footballer
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2000Spencer Arrighetti, American baseball player
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1999Fernando Tatís Jr., Dominican baseball player
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1999Aaron Wiggins, American professional basketball player
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1998Tfue, American online streamer
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1998Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
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1997Arshad Nadeem, Pakistani javelin thrower
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1997Carlos Soler, Spanish footballer
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1996Jonah Bolden, Australian-American basketball player
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