Jan 2, 2021
A bit of January 2nd history...
366 - The Alammani cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire
1492 - Muhammed XII, the last Emperor of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula
1839 - 1st photo of the Moon - Louis Daguerre
1906 - Willis Carrier receives patent for world’s 1st air conditioner
1947 - Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal
1960 - The age of the solar system is set at 4,950,000,000 years
1988 - Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
1995 - Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists in Hawaii - approx 15 billion light years away