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2 January 2032
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Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
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Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2024 - Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18.Aircraft accident in Japan
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2022 - Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leading to 238 people dead and thousands injured by January 11.Protests and unrest in Kazakhstan against the government
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2004 - Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.NASA sample-return mission to Comet 81P/Wild 2 (1999–2011)
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1993 - Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict
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1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995
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1988 - Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.1988 aviation accident
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1981 - One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.Country in northwestern Europe
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1978 - On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.Head of state
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1976 - The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.Extratropical cyclone and storm surge
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1975 - At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.City and Municipal Corporation in Mithila region of Bihar, India
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated
Lunar age: 19.2 days
Sun zodiac
Capricorn
11.63 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Virgo
3.54 degrees
Constellation: Sextans
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.