Talk:January 2

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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.

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