Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 2

January 2:

• 366 - The Alamanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers to invade the Roman Empire.

• 533 - Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.

• 1492 - Reconquista: Catholic Monarchs expelled Boabdil of Granada, the last of the Moorish rulers, from the Iberian Peninsula.

• 1949 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

• 1959 - Luna 1 (pictured), the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by the Soviet Union.

Recent days: January 1 – December 31 – December 30

More anniversaries:

• December 31
• January 1
• January 2