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January 2nd, 2004	Event	Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.
January 2nd, 2002	Event	Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
January 2nd, 2001	Event	Sila Calderon becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico.
January 2nd, 1999	Event	A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13øF (-25øC); 68 deaths are reported.
January 2nd, 1993	Event	Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans.
January 2nd, 1974	Event	President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
January 2nd, 1971	Event	The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match.
January 2nd, 1969	Event	Luis Ferre becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico.
January 2nd, 1969	Event	Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
January 2nd, 1959	Event	Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R.

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