1640s
1780s
1830s
1880s
1890s
- 1890: ALICE SANGER BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE STAFFER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
- BORN 1895: COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE (RED CROSS OFFICIAL)
1900s
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1930: JULIUS LAROSA (SINGER)
- BORN 1936: ROGER DEAN MILLER (SINGER)
- BORN 1939: JIM BAKKER (EVANGELIST)
1940s
1950s
- 1959: FIDEL CASTRO AND HIS FOLLOWERS CAPTURED SANTIAGO, CUBA; FULGENCIO BATISTA WENT INTO EXILE
- 1959: USSR’S LUNA I WAS LAUNCHED, BECOMING THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO LEAVE EARTH’S GRAVITY. LATER, IT BECAME THE FIRST TO REACH THE MOON’S VICINITY AND THE FIRST TO ORBIT THE SUN.
1960s
- 1960: THE U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISION CHARGED SEVEN RECORD COMPANIES AND EIGHT DISTRIBUTION FIRMS WITH PAYING DISC-JOCKEYS TO PLAY CERTAIN SONGS (PAYOLA INCIDENT)
- 1963: GENERAL LYMAN L. LEMNITZER BECAME THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF NATO
- 1965: THE NY JETS SIGNED QUARTERBACK JOE NAMATH FOR $427,000. AT THE TIME HE WAS THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN PRO FOOTBALL
- BORN 1968: CUBA GOODING JR. (ACTOR)
- 1968: ROBERT CLARK WAS SEATED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATOR IN MISSISSIPPI IN 74 YEARS
1970s
- BORN 1972: TAYE DIGGS (ACTOR)
- 1975: KENNETH BRUGGER AND CATHY AGUADO DISCOVERED FIRST WINTER REFUGE OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, IN MEXICO
1980s
- BORN 1983: KATE BOSWORTH (ACTRESS)
- DIED 1986: BILL VEECK (BASEBALL PLAYER)
- 1988: PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND PRIME MINISTER BRIAN MULRONEY SIGNED THE FINAL VERSION OF THE U.S.-CANADIAN TRADE ACCORD. THE PACT PROVIDED FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS ON MOST GOODS WITHIN 10 YEARS AND CREATED A SERIES OF BINATIONAL GROUPS TO REGULATE THE AGREEMENT
2000s
2010s
- 2010: ON THIS DATE A NUMERICALLY RARE EVENT OCCURRED: 01-02-2010 EXPRESSED BACKWARDS AS A DATE IS PRECISELY 01-02-2010
- DIED 2011: PETE POSTLETHWAITE (ACTOR)
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