| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| January 2, 1776 | Tuesday | 1st revolutionary flag displayed |
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| January 2, 1788 | Wednesday | Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution |
| January 2, 1893 | Monday | World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago |
| January 2, 1917 | Tuesday | Royal Bank of Canada took over Quebec Bank |
| January 2, 1921 | Sunday | D eYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens |
| January 2, 1933 | Monday | Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3 |
| January 2, 1935 | Wednesday | Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for kidnap-murder of Charles |
| January 2, 1936 | Thursday | 1st electron tube described St Louis Mo |
| January 2, 1942 | Friday | 28 nations at war with Axis pledge no separate peace |
| January 2, 1942 | Friday | Japanese occupied Manila |
| January 2, 1955 | Sunday | President Jose Antonio Remon of Panama assassinated |
| January 2, 1957 | Wednesday | SF & Los Angeles stock exchanges merge |
| January 2, 1959 | Friday | USSR launches Mechta 1st lunar probe & artificial in solar orbit |
| January 2, 1968 | Tuesday | Dr Christian Barnard performs 1st successful heart transplant |
| January 2, 1972 | Sunday | Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars |
| January 2, 1979 | Tuesday | 30th Islander shut-out opponent - Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver |
| January 2, 1982 | Saturday | Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins |
| January 2, 1983 | Sunday | Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes |
| January 2, 1985 | Wednesday | 90th hat trick in Islander history - Brent Sutter |
| January 2, 1986 | Thursday | 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange |