About January 2
January 2, 2025 is the 2nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 27 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 2
- 366 –The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire
- 533 –Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy
- 1492 –Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders
- 1777 –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
- 1818 –The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
- 1860 –The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France
- 1871 –Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
- 1900 –John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China
- 1905 –Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China
- 1911 –A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill
- 1920 –The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
- 1927 –Angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government.
- 1935 –Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
- 1941 –World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- 1945 –World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) is severely bombed by Allied forces
- 1949 –Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1955 –Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated
- 1971 –The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match
- 2001 –Sila María Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico
- 2006 –An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition.
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