Today in History for 2nd January 2018:
Historical Events
1890 – Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
1945 – Allied air raid on Nuremberg
1964 – Failed assassination attempt on President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1983 – Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1983 – Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
2004 – 33rd Fiesta Bowl: #7 Ohio State beats #8 Kansas State, 35-28
Famous Birthdays
1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej, Tamara), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (d. 1910)
1918 – Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese writer
1954 – Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic gold 1972)
1963 – David Cone, baseball pitcher (NY Mets/Tor Blue Jays/NY Yankees), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1965 – Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
Famous Deaths
1893 – John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)
1915 – Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1986 – Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
2000 – Nat Adderley, American jazz musician (Work Song), dies from diabetes complications at 68
2012 – Ivan Calin, Moldavian President and Prime Minister 1980-1990, dies at 76
2015 – [Little] Jimmy Dickens, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 94