2 Jan - Kngine

2009	January 2	Death Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (birth 1893)
2008	January 2	Death Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (birth 1926)
2008	January 2	Death George MacDonald Fraser, British author (birth 1925)
2008	January 2	Death Gerry Staley, American baseball player (birth 1920)
2008	January 2	Death Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Thailand (birth 1923)
2007	January 2	Death Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (birth 1957)
2007	January 2	Death Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (birth 1941)
2007	January 2	Death Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and researcher (birth 1924)
2007	January 2	Death Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (birth 1911)
2007	January 2	Death Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (birth 1937)
2007	January 2	Death Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (birth 1929)
2007	January 2	Death Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (birth 1951)
2007	January 2	Death David Perkins, American geneticist (birth 1919)
2007	January 2	Death Dan Shaver, American racecar driver (birth 1950)
2007	January 2	Death Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (birth 1942)
2006	January 2	Death Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (birth 1913)
2005	January 2	Death Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (birth 1913)
2005	January 2	Death Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (birth 1922)
2005	January 2	Death Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, American politician (birth 1934)
2005	January 2	Death Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (birth 1911)
2005	January 2	Death Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (birth 1921)
2004	January 2	Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.
2004	January 2	Death Lynn Cartwright, American actress (birth 1927)
2004	January 2	Death Jess Collins, American artist (birth 1923)
2003	January 2	Death Eric Jupp, British-born pianist, composer, arranger (birth 1922)
2002	January 2	Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
2002	January 2	Death Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (birth 1958)
2001	January 2	Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico.
2001	January 2	Death Teri Diver, American actress (birth 1971)
2001	January 2	Death William P. Rogers, American politician (birth 1913)
2000	January 2	Death Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (birth 1931)
2000	January 2	Death Patrick O'Brian, British novelist (birth 1914)
2000	January 2	Death Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., American admiral (birth 1920)
1999	January 2	A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359nbsp;mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487nbsp;mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.
1999	January 2	Death Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (birth 1907)
1998	January 2	Death Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (birth 1920)
1997	January 2	Death Randy California, American guitarist songwriter (Spirit) (birth 1951)
1996	January 2	Death Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (birth 1915)
1995	January 2	Death Siad Barre, President of Somalia (birth 1919)
1995	January 2	Death Nancy Kelly, American actress (birth 1921)
1994	January 2	Death Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (birth 1914)
1994	January 2	Death Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (birth 1915)
1991	January 2	Birth Davide Santon, Italian footballer
1991	January 2	Birth Steele Sidebottom, Australian Rules footballer who plays for Collingwood
1990	January 2	Death Alan Hale Jr., American actor (birth 1918)
1989	January 2	Birth Danny Jones, English/Spanish legendary matador
1988	January 2	Birth Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
1987	January 2	Birth Loui Batley, British actress
1987	January 2	Birth Syesha Mercado, American singer
1986	January 2	Death Dick James, English music publisher (Northern Songs) (birth 1920)
1986	January 2	Death Una Merkel, American actress (birth 1903)
1986	January 2	Death Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (birth 1914)
1985	January 2	Birth Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1984	January 2	Birth Colleen Taylor, American journalist
1984	January 2	Death Dick Emery, English comedian (birth 1915)
1983	January 2	Birth Kate Bosworth, American actress
1983	January 2	Birth Andrew Ebbett, Canadian ice hockey player
1982	January 2	Birth Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
1981	January 2	Birth Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
1981	January 2	Birth Ryan Garko, American baseball player
1981	January 2	Birth Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981	January 2	Birth Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1980	January 2	Birth Annie Bellemare, Canadian Figure Skater
1980	January 2	Birth Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
1979	January 2	Birth Jonathan Greening, British footballer
1979	January 2	Birth Suranne Jones, British actress
1978	January 2	Birth Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1977	January 2	Birth Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
1977	January 2	Birth Scott Proctor, American baseball player
1977	January 2	Death Errol Garner, American musician (birth 1921)
1976	January 2	Birth Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
1976	January 2	Birth Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
1976	January 2	Birth Cletidus Hunt, American football player
1976	January 2	Birth Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
1976	January 2	Birth Paz Vega, Spanish actress
1975	January 2	Birth Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
1975	January 2	Birth Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
1975	January 2	Birth Dax Shepard, American actor
1975	January 2	Birth Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
1974	January 2	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.
1974	January 2	Death Tex Ritter, American actor (birth 1905)
1973	January 2	Birth Lucy Davis, British actress
1973	January 2	Birth Will Kirby, American actor
1972	January 2	Birth Adam Elliot, Australian animator
1972	January 2	Birth Christopher Lennertz, American composer
1972	January 2	Birth Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
1971	January 2	The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match.
1971	January 2	Birth Taye Diggs, American actor
1971	January 2	Birth Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
1971	January 2	Birth Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1971	January 2	Death Willard Maas, American poet and filmmaker (birth 1906)
1970	January 2	Birth Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1970	January 2	Birth Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
1970	January 2	Birth Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer
1970	January 2	Birth Eric Whitacre, American composer
1969	January 2	Birth Robby Gordon, American racing driver
1969	January 2	Birth Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
1969	January 2	Birth Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
1969	January 2	Birth Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1969	January 2	Birth Tommy Morrison, American boxer
1969	January 2	Birth Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1969	January 2	Birth Christy Turlington, American model
1968	January 2	Birth Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
1968	January 2	Birth Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
1968	January 2	Birth Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
1968	January 2	Birth Goichi Suda, Japanese video game developer
1967	January 2	Birth Tia Carrere, American actress
1967	January 2	Birth Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
1967	January 2	Birth Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1965	January 2	Birth Greg Swindell, American baseball player
1964	January 2	Birth Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
1963	January 2	Birth David Cone, American baseball player
1963	January 2	Birth Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1963	January 2	Death Jack Carson, American actor (birth 1910)
1963	January 2	Death Dick Powell, American actor (birth 1904)
1961	January 2	Birth Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961	January 2	Birth Todd Haynes, American film director
1960	January 2	Birth Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1960	January 2	Death Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (birth 1919)
1960	January 2	Death Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (birth 1907)
1959	January 2	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.
1959	January 2	Death Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-born writer and novelist (birth 1880)
1958	January 2	Birth Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
1957	January 2	Birth Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
1956	January 2	Birth Lynda Barry, American cartoonist
1955	January 2	Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated.
1955	January 2	Birth Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1955	January 2	Birth Vivien Savage, French singer
1954	January 2	Birth Henry Bonilla, American politician
1954	January 2	Birth Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1953	January 2	Birth Vincent Racaniello American Viroligist
1952	January 2	Birth Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (death 2001)
1951	January 2	Birth Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1951	January 2	Death Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (birth 1870)
1950	January 2	Birth Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
1950	January 2	Birth David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
1950	January 2	Death James Dooley, Premier of New South Wales (birth 1877)
1949	January 2	Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
1949	January 2	Birth Christopher Durang, American playwright
1947	January 2	Birth Jack Hanna, American zoologist
1947	January 2	Birth Calvin Hill, American football player
1946	January 2	Birth Richard Cole, American tour manager
1946	January 2	Death Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (birth 1870)
1945	January 2	Death Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, British naval commander (birth 1883)
1944	January 2	Birth Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
1943	January 2	Birth Barış Manço, Turkish singer and television producer (death 1999)
1942	January 2	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.
1942	January 2	World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces.
1942	January 2	Birth Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1942	January 2	Birth Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1941	January 2	World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1941	January 2	Death Mischa Levitzki, Russian-born pianist (birth 1898)
1940	January 2	Birth Jim Bakker, American televangelist
1940	January 2	Birth S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
1939	January 2	Death Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (birth 1864)
1938	January 2	Birth Ian Brady, British serial killer
1938	January 2	Birth Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
1936	January 2	Birth Roger Miller, American singer (death 1992)
1936	January 2	Death Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania (birth 1862)
1935	January 2	Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh.
1933	January 2	Birth Ed Casey, Australian politician (death 2006)
1933	January 2	Birth Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist
1931	January 2	Birth Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician
1930	January 2	Birth Julius LaRosa, American singer
1928	January 2	Birth Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
1928	January 2	Birth Robert Goralski, American journalist (death 1988)
1928	January 2	Birth Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
1925	January 2	Birth William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (death 2007)
1925	January 2	Birth Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (death 2008)
1924	January 2	Death Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (birth 1834)
1921	January 2	Birth Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (death 2007)
1920	January 2	Death Paul Adam, French novelist (birth 1862)
1918	January 2	Birth Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (death 1943)
1917	January 2	Birth Vera Zorina, German dancer (death 2003)
1917	January 2	Death Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (birth 1832)
1915	January 2	Death Carl Goldmark, Hungarian composer (birth 1830)
1914	January 2	Birth Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann (aka Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V.A. Stuart, William Stuart Long, Robyn Stuart), British writer (death 1986)
1913	January 2	Birth Anna Lee, English actress (death 2004)
1913	January 2	Death Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (birth 1855)
1910	January 2	Birth Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu Poet (death 1983)
1909	January 2	Birth Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer
1905	January 2	Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
1905	January 2	Birth Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (death 1938)
1905	January 2	Birth Michael Tippett, English composer (death 1998)
1905	January 2	Birth Luigi Zampa, Italian film director and screenwriter (death 1991)
1904	January 2	Birth Sally Rand, American fan dancer (death 1979)
1904	January 2	Death James Longstreet, American Confederate general (birth 1821)
1902	January 2	Birth Dan Keating, Irish republican (death 2007)
1900	January 2	John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1897	January 2	Birth Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (death 1975)
1896	January 2	Birth Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (death 1954)
1896	January 2	Birth Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (death 1982)
1895	January 2	Birth Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (death 1948)
1893	January 2	Birth Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (death 1931)
1893	January 2	Death John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (birth 1805)
1892	January 2	Birth Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (death 1962)
1892	January 2	Death George Airy, British Astronomer Royal (birth 1801)
1889	January 2	Birth Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (death 1973)
1888	January 2	Birth Tito Schipa, Italian tenor (death 1965)
1886	January 2	Birth Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (death 1959)
1886	January 2	Birth Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (death 1938)
1885	January 2	Birth Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian Victoria Cross recipient
1877	January 2	Birth Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (death 1906)
1873	January 2	Birth Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (death 1897)
1871	January 2	Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.
1870	January 2	Birth Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (death 1938)
1866	January 2	Birth Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (death 1957)
1861	January 2	Death King Frederick William IV of Prussia (birth 1795)
1860	January 2	The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
1837	January 2	Birth Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (death 1910)
1836	January 2	Birth Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (death 1885)
1836	January 2	Birth Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (death 1917)
1833	January 2	Re-establishment of British rule on the Falklands.
1833	January 2	Birth Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (death 1893)
1827	January 2	Birth Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (death 1914)
1822	January 2	Birth Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (death 1888)
1818	January 2	The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
1791	January 2	Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
1788	January 2	Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1777	January 2	American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1777	January 2	Birth Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (death 1857)
1727	January 2	Birth James Wolfe, British general (death 1759)
1726	January 2	Death Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (birth 1688)
1719	January 2	Birth Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (death 1797)
1713	January 2	Birth Marie Dumesnil, French actress (death 1803)
1699	January 2	Birth Osman III, Ottoman Sultan (death 1757)
1694	January 2	Death Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (birth 1651)
1685	January 2	Death Harbottle Grimston, English politician (birth 1603)
1647	January 2	Birth Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (death 1676)
1642	January 2	Birth Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (death 1693)
1557	January 2	Death Pontormo, Italian painter (birth 1494)
1514	January 2	Death William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (birth c1460)
1512	January 2	Death Svante, Regent of Sweden (birth 1460)
1492	January 2	Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
533	January 2	Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
366	January 2	The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.