On This Day in History - January 2 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - January 2 |
1757 January 2
1757-01-02
British troops occupy Calcutta India
1776 January 2
1776-01-02
1st revolutionary flag displayed
1839 January 2
1839-01-02
1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
1947 January 2
1947-01-02
Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
1979 January 2
1979-01-02
Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v West Indies)
1986 January 2
1986-01-02
191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1995 January 2
1995-01-02
Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated 15 billion light years away)
