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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)
366
The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire
1818
The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded
1871
Amadeus I becomes King of Spain
1941
World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
1942
World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces
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
1974
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
1999
A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported
2002
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
Who were born on January 2?
1857
Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College (d. 1935)
1873
Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (d. 1960)
1889
Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 (d. 1973)
1896
Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
1904
Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and freestyle swimmer(d. 1991)
1918
Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
1949
Christopher Durang, American playwright
1956
Lynda Barry, American cartoonist
1969
Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1981
Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
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