January 2
1492 - Muhammad XI, the leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
1788 - Georgia became the fourth state.
1811 - Sen. Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first member of the U.S. Senate to be censured after he had improperly revealed the contents of an executive document.
1839 - Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon.
1900 - Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
1905 - The Russo-Japanese War ended.
1923 - The African-American town of Rosewood, Florida was burned by a white mob.
1929 - The United States and Canada reached an agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.
1935 - The Bruno Hauptmann trial began for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby. (He was later found guilty and executed.)
1942 - The Philippine capital of Manilla was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
1959 - The first spacecraft to fly by the Moon and also to orbit the Sun, Mechta (Luna 1) was launched by the Soviet Union.
1960 - Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency.
1967 - Republican Ronald Reagan was sworn in as governor of California.
1974 - President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of the OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.)
1981 - Police in Sheffield, England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the serial killer of 13 women.
1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
1994 - Rudolph Giuliani was inaugurated as mayor of New York City.
2006 - A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; only one survived.
2008 - Oil prices soared above $100 a barrel for the first time.
2015 - California began issuing driver's licenses to immigrants who were in the country illegally.
2016 - A heavily armed group led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ranchers convicted of setting fires on public land and to demand the federal government turnover public lands to local control.
2017 - A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital.
2018 - Sen. Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate a month after the Minnesota Democrat announced his plan to leave Congress amid a series of sexual misconduct allegations.
2021 - President Donald Trump, in a phone call with Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, pressured Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud; in a recording of the conversation, Trump was heard raising the prospect of a “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count. Joining Trump’s effort to overturn the election, eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said they would vote against certain state electors on Jan. 6 unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the results.
Birthdays
23 - Fernando Tatis Jr. (baseball player)
26 - Jilly Anais (singer)
29 - Bryson Tiller (singer)
34 - Mandy Harvey (singer)
35 - Shelley Hennig (actress)
37 - Peter Gadiot (actor)
39 - Anthony Carrigan (actor)
39 - Kate Bosworth (actress)
41 - Ryan Merchant (singer)
41 - Kelton Kessee (singer)
44 - Karina Smirnoff (dancer)
46 - Paz Vega (actress)
47 - Dax Shepard (actor)
51 - Renee Elise Goldsberry (actress)
51 - Taye Diggs (actor)
52 - Shree Whitfield (reality star)
53 - Christy Turlington (model)
54 - Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor)
55 - Tia Carrere (actress)
59 - Edgar Martinez (baseball player)
59 - David Cone (baseball player)
61 - Gabrielle Carteris (actress)
68 - Cynthia Sikes (actress)
70 - Wendy Phillips (actress)
75 - Jack Hanna (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - January 2
1943 - University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team begins 129 home game winning streak that only ends in 1955.
1953 - The Baltimore Bullets began a 32-game NBA road losing streak.
1965 - The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a rookie record $400,000.
1966 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns 23-12 in the final NFL Championship Game played before the Super Bowl era.
1967 - #3 Alabama defeated #6 Nebraska 34-7 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 9-2 and ranked #6/#7.
1971 - In Glasgow, Scotland, 66 people were crushed when fans trying to leave encountered fans trying to return after hearing that a late goal had been scored.
1972 - Elvis Presley gave Muhammad Ali a $10000 robe with "People's Champion" inscribed on it. Ali wore the robe on March 31, 1973 when he lost to Ken Norton.
1983 - In a 35-27 win over the Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson completes 20 consecutive passes and finishes the season winning his second consecutive passing title with an NFL record 70.55% completion percentage.
1984 - #5 Miami (FL) defeats #1 Nebraska 31-30 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes the season 12-1 and ranked #2.
1985 - UNLV basketball gives coach Jerry Tarkanian his 600th career victory with a 142-140 win over Utah State in triple overtime; total of 282 points breaks NCAA men's record of 275 set in 1976.
1986 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders scored his 500th career goal.
1987 - Indiana Pacers beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-106 to give coach Jack Ramsay his 800th NBA victory; at the time Ramsey is one of only 2 coaches (with Red Auerbach) to reach milestone.
1989 - #2 Miami (FL) defeats #6 Nebraska 23-3 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 11-2 and ranked #10.
1996 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Florida 62-24 in the Fiesta Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship and the fourth title overall in program history; NU finishes the season 12-0 and ranked #1.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeats #3 Tennessee 42-17 in Tom Osborne's final game as head coach to win the program's fifth national championship and third in the past four seasons. NU finishes the season 13-0 and ranked #1 by the Coaches and #2 by the AP, who awarded their national championship to Michigan.
2000 - #3 Nebraska defeats #6 Tennessee 31-21 in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season at 12-1 and ranked #2/#3.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 400th career NHL goal. Modano became only the fourth United States-born player to reach 400 goals.
2002 - Ron Francis (Carolina Hurricanes) scored his 500th career NHL goal. Francis became only the fifth player in NHL history to reach 500 goals and 1,000 assists.
2012 - #10 South Carolina defeated #21 Nebraska 30-13 in the Capital One Bowl; NU finishes the season 9-4 and ranked #24.
1492 - Muhammad XI, the leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
1788 - Georgia became the fourth state.
1811 - Sen. Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first member of the U.S. Senate to be censured after he had improperly revealed the contents of an executive document.
1839 - Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon.
1900 - Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
1905 - The Russo-Japanese War ended.
1923 - The African-American town of Rosewood, Florida was burned by a white mob.
1929 - The United States and Canada reached an agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.
1935 - The Bruno Hauptmann trial began for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby. (He was later found guilty and executed.)
1942 - The Philippine capital of Manilla was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
1959 - The first spacecraft to fly by the Moon and also to orbit the Sun, Mechta (Luna 1) was launched by the Soviet Union.
1960 - Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency.
1967 - Republican Ronald Reagan was sworn in as governor of California.
1974 - President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of the OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.)
1981 - Police in Sheffield, England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the serial killer of 13 women.
1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
1994 - Rudolph Giuliani was inaugurated as mayor of New York City.
2006 - A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; only one survived.
2008 - Oil prices soared above $100 a barrel for the first time.
2015 - California began issuing driver's licenses to immigrants who were in the country illegally.
2016 - A heavily armed group led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ranchers convicted of setting fires on public land and to demand the federal government turnover public lands to local control.
2017 - A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital.
2018 - Sen. Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate a month after the Minnesota Democrat announced his plan to leave Congress amid a series of sexual misconduct allegations.
2021 - President Donald Trump, in a phone call with Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, pressured Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud; in a recording of the conversation, Trump was heard raising the prospect of a “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count. Joining Trump’s effort to overturn the election, eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said they would vote against certain state electors on Jan. 6 unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the results.
Birthdays
23 - Fernando Tatis Jr. (baseball player)
26 - Jilly Anais (singer)
29 - Bryson Tiller (singer)
34 - Mandy Harvey (singer)
35 - Shelley Hennig (actress)
37 - Peter Gadiot (actor)
39 - Anthony Carrigan (actor)
39 - Kate Bosworth (actress)
41 - Ryan Merchant (singer)
41 - Kelton Kessee (singer)
44 - Karina Smirnoff (dancer)
46 - Paz Vega (actress)
47 - Dax Shepard (actor)
51 - Renee Elise Goldsberry (actress)
51 - Taye Diggs (actor)
52 - Shree Whitfield (reality star)
53 - Christy Turlington (model)
54 - Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor)
55 - Tia Carrere (actress)
59 - Edgar Martinez (baseball player)
59 - David Cone (baseball player)
61 - Gabrielle Carteris (actress)
68 - Cynthia Sikes (actress)
70 - Wendy Phillips (actress)
75 - Jack Hanna (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - January 2
1943 - University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team begins 129 home game winning streak that only ends in 1955.
1953 - The Baltimore Bullets began a 32-game NBA road losing streak.
1965 - The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a rookie record $400,000.
1966 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns 23-12 in the final NFL Championship Game played before the Super Bowl era.
1967 - #3 Alabama defeated #6 Nebraska 34-7 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 9-2 and ranked #6/#7.
1971 - In Glasgow, Scotland, 66 people were crushed when fans trying to leave encountered fans trying to return after hearing that a late goal had been scored.
1972 - Elvis Presley gave Muhammad Ali a $10000 robe with "People's Champion" inscribed on it. Ali wore the robe on March 31, 1973 when he lost to Ken Norton.
1983 - In a 35-27 win over the Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson completes 20 consecutive passes and finishes the season winning his second consecutive passing title with an NFL record 70.55% completion percentage.
1984 - #5 Miami (FL) defeats #1 Nebraska 31-30 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes the season 12-1 and ranked #2.
1985 - UNLV basketball gives coach Jerry Tarkanian his 600th career victory with a 142-140 win over Utah State in triple overtime; total of 282 points breaks NCAA men's record of 275 set in 1976.
1986 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders scored his 500th career goal.
1987 - Indiana Pacers beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-106 to give coach Jack Ramsay his 800th NBA victory; at the time Ramsey is one of only 2 coaches (with Red Auerbach) to reach milestone.
1989 - #2 Miami (FL) defeats #6 Nebraska 23-3 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 11-2 and ranked #10.
1996 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Florida 62-24 in the Fiesta Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship and the fourth title overall in program history; NU finishes the season 12-0 and ranked #1.
1998 - #2 Nebraska defeats #3 Tennessee 42-17 in Tom Osborne's final game as head coach to win the program's fifth national championship and third in the past four seasons. NU finishes the season 13-0 and ranked #1 by the Coaches and #2 by the AP, who awarded their national championship to Michigan.
2000 - #3 Nebraska defeats #6 Tennessee 31-21 in the Fiesta Bowl to finish the season at 12-1 and ranked #2/#3.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 400th career NHL goal. Modano became only the fourth United States-born player to reach 400 goals.
2002 - Ron Francis (Carolina Hurricanes) scored his 500th career NHL goal. Francis became only the fifth player in NHL history to reach 500 goals and 1,000 assists.
2012 - #10 South Carolina defeated #21 Nebraska 30-13 in the Capital One Bowl; NU finishes the season 9-4 and ranked #24.
