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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 2nd January 2019   
   02 Jan 19 04:17:30   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-1oq-this   
      
   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   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   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   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   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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