Tuesday January 2, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 2: Day of the Week

January 2, 2024 was the 2nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 364 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac 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.

January 2 Historical Event(s)

533
Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy
1871
Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
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.
1941
World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
1942
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
World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces
1949
Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
1992
Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.
2002
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.

Who were born on January 2?

1647
Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676)
1713
Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1886
Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
1914
Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann, British writer (d. 1986)
1932
Peter Redgrove, British poet (d. 2003)
1952
Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter
1955
Vivien Savage, French singer
1971
Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1975
Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
1981
Hanno Balitsch, German footballer

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