January 2 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Birth of Sayyidina `Ali ibn Abi Talib (ر) major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2006 — An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, leaving only one survivor. ↗
• 2004 — Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth. ↗
• 1999 — A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches... ↗
• 1993 — Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon. ↗
• 1992 — Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1993 — Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1991 — Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer
• 1991 — Davide Santon, Italian footballer
• 1990 — Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer