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* 1974, President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo (Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995) | * 1974, President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo (Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995) | ||
| − | * 2006, a methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in Directory:West Virginia|West Virginia]], claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal McCloy Jr., was eventually rescued. | + | * 2006, a methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in [[Directory:West Virginia|West Virginia]], claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal McCloy Jr., was eventually rescued. |
[[Category:January]][[Category:Days of the Year]] | [[Category:January]][[Category:Days of the Year]] | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 2 January 2008
January 2 in history:
- 1492, Muhammad XI, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces
- 1757, the United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India
- 1793, Russia and Prussia partition Poland
- 1882, John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust
- 1893, Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces railroad chronometers
- 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announced the "Open Door Policy" to facilitate trade with China
- 1905, the Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China
- 1923, U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns over the Teapot Dome scandal
- 1929, Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls
- 1935, Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was found guilty, and executed.)
- 1941, during World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort
- 1946, unable to resume rule after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the throne
- 1957, the San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge
- 1974, President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo (Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995)
- 2006, a methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia, claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal McCloy Jr., was eventually rescued.
