Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Date: January 2, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)

India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. Date: January 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered. Date: January 2, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This…

Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union. Date: January 2, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac. Date: January 2, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)

Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California. Date: January 2, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)

The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football match. Date: January 2, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. Date: January 2, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage. Date: January 2, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1976…

On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills. Date: January 2, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…