Today is Thursday, January 2nd, the second day of 2025. There are 363 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On January 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and started a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ranchers convicted of setting fires on public lands were, and to make demands The federal government turns over public lands to local control.
Also on this date:
In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
In 1971, a mass gathering of spectators leaving a football match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, killed 66 people.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed a law requiring states to limit speeds on highways to 55 miles per hour to avoid wasting gasoline within the face of an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively eliminated in 1987; state speed limits were eliminated in 1995.)
In 2023, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle in the primary quarter of an NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals, requiring life-saving treatment on the sphere. The game was canceled; Hamlin would make a full recovery and play again the next season.
Today's birthdays:
- Filmmaker Todd Haynes is 64.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez is 62.
- Actress and singer Tia Carrere is 58.
- Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 57.
- Model Christy Turlington is 56.
- Actor Taye Diggs is 54.
- Actress Renée Elise Goldsberry is 54.
- Actor and comedian Dax Shepard is 50.
- Singer and rapper Bryson Tiller is 32.
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