January 2

Today in History
• 1788 - Georgia was admitted to the Union as the 4th state
• 1839 - Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon
• 1879 - Thomas Edison began construction on his first generator
• 1893 - The first commemorative postage stamps were issued
• 1905 - The Russo-Japanese war ended
• 1910 - The first junior high school in the United States opened
• 1929 - Influenza Epidemic death toll over 200,000
• 1967 - Ronald Reagan is sworn in as Governor of California


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• 55 mph Speed Limit Da
• Ancestry Day
• Buffet Day
• Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
• Reconquest Da
• Run It up the Flagpole and See If Anyone Salutes It Day
• Science Fiction Day
• Swiss Cheese Day

Birthdays
• 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon
• 1830 - Henry M. Flagler
• 1836 - Queen Emma of Hawaii
• 1880 - Louis Breguet
• 1902 - Barry Goldwater
• 1913 - Ernest Sidey
• 1920 - Isaac Asimov
• 1936 - Roger Miller