January 2 in Pop Culture History |
| January 2nd is… National Buffet Day Cat’s Day (Happy Mew Year) Cream Puff Day 55 MPH Speed Limit Day National Personal Trainer Awareness Day National Science Fiction Day Swiss Cheese Day |
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1788 – Georgia became the 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution. 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1839 – First known picture of the moon was taken by Louis Daguerre. 1834 – Pennsylvania opened its state liquor stores. 1870 – Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge to cross the East River, in New York City. 1938 – Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded. 1947 – Mahatma Gandhi’s march for peace in East-Bengali. 1954 – #1 Hit January 2, 1954 – February 26, 1954: Eddie Fisher – Oh! My Pa-pa (O Mein Papa) 1959 – U.S.S.R. launched Mechta, Luna 1, for first lunar fly-by and first solar orbit. 1960 – Physicist John Reynolds set the age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years (so in 2018, it became 4,950,000,058 years old). 1970 – Official US population is 203,302,031 people. 1974 – 55 MPH speed limit was imposed by the Richard Nixon administration. 2008 – Oil reached $100 per barrel for the first time. 2010 – #1 Hit January 2, 2010 – March 5, 2010: Kesha – Tik Tok January 2, 2021 – January 8, 2021: All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey |