War · January 2, 1963

Battle of Ap Bac

Name: Battle of Ap Bac
Start: 1963-01-02

63 years ago

63rd anniversary

The Battle of Ấp Bắc was a major battle fought on 2 January 1963 during the Vietnam War in Định Tường Province, South Vietnam.

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The 64th anniversary falls on January 2, 2027.

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1920–1992

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov ( AZ-im-ov; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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1873–1897

Thérèse of Lisieux

Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), religious name Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face was a French Discalced Carmelite.

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LiteratureDied aged 24

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1822–1888

Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (German pronunciation:; 2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founding fathers of the science of thermodynamics.

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ScienceDied aged 66

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1642–1693

Mehmed IV

Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), nicknamed as Mehmed the Hunter (Turkish: Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup.

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Notable PeopleDied aged 51

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1947

Milch Trial

The United States of America vs. Erhard Milch, commonly known as the Milch Trial, was the second of the twelve "subsequent Nuremberg trials" for war crimes and crimes against humanity after the end of World War II between 1946 and 1947.

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History

2022

2022 Kazakh unrest

The 2022 Kazakh unrest, also known as January Events, Bloody January, or the January Tragedy, was a series of mass protests and civil unrest that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied petroleum gas prices following the lifting of a government-enforced price cap on 1 January.

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Politics

2024

2024 Haneda Airport runway collision

On 2 January 2024, a runway collision occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, involving an Airbus A350, operating as Japan Airlines Flight 516, and a De Havilland Canada Dash 8 operated by the Japan Coast Guard (JA722A).

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Disaster

2024

Stabbing of Lee Jae-myung

On 2 January 2024, then Democratic Party of Korea leader and future president of South Korea Lee Jae Myung was stabbed while visiting the construction site of Gadeok Island Airport in Gadeokdo, Busan.

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