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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/533" title="533">533</a> – Mercurius, a Roman priest, was elected <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_II" title="Pope John II">Pope John II</a></b>; he was apparently the first pope to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_name" title="Papal name">adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunajaya_rebellion" title="Trunajaya rebellion">Trunajaya rebellion</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amangkurat_II_of_Mataram" title="Amangkurat II of Mataram">Amangkurat II of Mataram</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> and his courtiers stabbed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunajaya" title="Trunajaya">Trunajaya</a> to death a week after the rebel leader surrendered to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">VOC</a> forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a> – French mathematician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain_Le_Verrier" title="Urbain Le Verrier">Urbain Le Verrier</a> announced the putative discovery of the planet <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)" title="Vulcan (hypothetical planet)">Vulcan</a></b> at a meeting at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences" title="French Academy of Sciences">French Academy of Sciences</a> in Paris.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: United States and Australian forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Saidor" title="Landing at Saidor">successfully landed</a></b> in Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> won its first major victory at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ap_Bac" title="Battle of Ap Bac">Battle of Ap Bac</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodomer" title="Lodomer">Lodomer</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1298); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Rickard" title="Tex Rickard">Tex Rickard</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1870); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnyaneshwar_Agashe" title="Dnyaneshwar Agashe">Dnyaneshwar Agashe</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2009)</p>
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