Group IV - 19 and above

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 2 January.

1. 1st revolutionary flag displayed
2. Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
3. World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
4. Royal Bank of Canada took over Quebec Bank
5. D eYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
6. Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3
7. Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for kidnap-murder of Charles
8. 1st electron tube described St Louis Mo
9. 28 nations at war with Axis pledge no separate peace
10. Japanese occupied Manila
11. President Jose Antonio Remon of Panama assassinated
12. SF & Los Angeles stock exchanges merge
13. USSR launches Mechta 1st lunar probe & artificial in solar orbit
14. Dr Christian Barnard performs 1st successful heart transplant
15. Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
16. 30th Islander shut-out opponent - Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
17. Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
18. Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
19. 90th hat trick in Islander history - Brent Sutter
20. 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange

These famous people were born on 2 January.

1. 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion of Va. (1676)
2. 1727 - James Wolfe, commander of British Army at capture of Quebec
3. 1861 - Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady
4. 1863 - Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
5. 1920 - Isaac Asimov, scientist-writer
6. 1922 - Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano
7. 1927 - Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts)
8. 1927 - Richard Belmont Ray, Democrat-Georgia
9. 1936 - Roger Miller, singer (King of the Road)