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What Happened On 2nd January 1950 In History

January 2nd (1950) was a Monday. It's the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on January 2 in 1950

  • » Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
  • » David Shifrin, American clarinet player
  • » Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
  • » Leo van der Goot, Dutch singer and radio host

January 2nd Famous Deaths for 1950

  • » James Dooley (politician) called James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
  • » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)

January 2nd Holidays in History

  • » Public holidays in Haiti known as Ancestry Day (Haiti)
  • » Carnival named Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
  • » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • » Basil of Caesarea named Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England)
  • » Defendens called Defendens of Thebes
  • » Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)
  • » Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (Lutheran Church)
  • » Macarius of Alexandria
  • » Seraphim of Sarov (repose)
  • » Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church (United States) named Episcopal Church)
  • » January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » The first day of the Riosucio, Caldas Carnival of Riosucio called Carnival of Riosucio, celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio, Caldas or Riosucio)
  • » The ninth Twelve Days of Christmas e.g day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  • » The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, Culture of Mauritius Mauritius, Montenegro, Public holidays in New Zealand New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine):
  • » Public and Bank holidays in Scotland e.g Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 (Scotland)
  • » Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town)

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World History for the 2nd January