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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Saint Gregory of Nazianzus</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">Saint Basil of Caesarea</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite Catholicism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglicanism</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1777" title="1777">1777</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: American forces under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> repulsed a British attack at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Assunpink_Creek" title="Battle of the Assunpink Creek">Battle of the Assunpink Creek</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a> – The Soviet <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_1" title="Luna 1">Luna 1</a></b></i>, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_(rocket_family)" title="Vostok (rocket family)">Vostok rocket</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></b> began his career in government when he was sworn in as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_California" title="List of governors of California">33rd governor of California</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_of_January_1976" title="Gale of January 1976">An extratropical cyclone</a></b> began affecting parts of western Europe, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern portions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and leading to at least 82 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armed_Forces" title="Sri Lanka Armed Forces">Sri Lankan army</a> captured the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilinochchi" title="Kilinochchi">Kilinochchi</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a>, concluding the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kilinochchi_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Battle of Kilinochchi (2008–2009)">Battle of Kilinochchi</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_St-Calais" title="William de St-Calais">William de St-Calais</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1096); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_C._Jeffrey" title="Hester C. Jeffrey">Hester C. Jeffrey</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Dmowski" title="Roman Dmowski">Roman Dmowski</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1939); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Ranariddh" title="Norodom Ranariddh">Norodom Ranariddh</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1944)</p>
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