Unforgettable Moments: January 2 Through the Years

In this video, we'll take a look back at some of the unforgettable moments that happened on January 2 throughout history. We'll highlight some of the most important events that took place on January 2 throughout the years. This video is a great way to learn about some of the key events that have happened on January 2 throughout history. From historical figures to important dates, this video is perfect for anyone interested in learning more about January 2!

1776 George Washington's army hoists the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill, Charlestown
1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
1800 Free African American community of Philadelphia petitions US Congress to abolish the slave trade
1811 US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)
1839 First photo of the Moon, taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre
1842 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
1882 Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
1893 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued (Queen Isabella, patron of Columbus)
1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine in San Jose, California
1906 Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world's first air conditioner
1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh
1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
1935 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby
1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Missouri
1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded
1941 World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort.
1942 World War II: The 28 nations at war with the Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals
1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
1959 USSR launches the Luna 1 spacecraft (Mechta), the 1st to leave Earth's gravity, reach the vicinity of the Moon and to be placed in heliocentric orbit
1960 Senator John F. Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency
1965 Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register black voters
1968 Christiaan Barnard performs the world's second heart transplant on Philip Blaiberg
1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
1975 US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
1979 British punk rocker Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
1984 Major-General Muhammadu Buhari is declared Head of State in Nigeria, following a military coup
1984 Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor
1990 Sting joins pro wrestling's legendary "4 Horsemen" (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
1998 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine
2004 Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later
2018 US senator Al Franken resigns
2018 WHO reveals it will classify gaming addiction as mental health condition in its next Classification of Diseases
2023 Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses in cardiac arrest and is revived by CPR on the field in televised NFL game against the Bengals in Cincinnati

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