01-02-2005, 09:01 AM
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January 2nd
1492 ~ Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrendered.
1727 ~ Birthday of James Wolfe, British general in French and Indian War.
1757 ~ The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.
1872 ~ Brigham Young was arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
1882 ~ John D. Rockefeller united his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.
1901 ~ Female fair-ground boxer, Mrs. Grace O'Malley, mother of 6, from Great Howard street, Liverpool, KO'ed twelve Yorkshire miners in an all comers bout, with a prize purse of five shillings
1904 ~ Death of James Longstreet, Confederate general.
1920 ~ Birthday of Isaac Asimov, Russian-born American science fiction author.
1929 ~ Canada and the United States agreed on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls.
1942 ~ World War II: Manila was captured by Japanese forces.
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