• Today in History for 2nd January 2019

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    Historical Events

    1831 - Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston

    1956 - 42nd Rose Bowl: #2 Michigan State beats #4 UCLA, 17-14

    1960 - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres

    1969 - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy

    1983 - Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes

    1994 - "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 performances

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    Famous Birthdays

    1909 - Rene Etiemble, French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)

    1912 - Andre Ameller, composer

    1940 - S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician

    1964 - Christopher John Gray, priest

    1967 - Harlon Barnett, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)

    1971 - Taye Diggs, American actor

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    Famous Deaths

    1951 - Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)

    1981 - David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51

    1996 - Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82

    2007 - Sergio JimÊnez, Mexican actor (b. 1937)

    2007 - Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951)

    2012 - Gordon Hirabayashi, civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent dies after Alzheimer's disease at 93

    More Famous Deaths ¯

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