Today is Wednesday, January 2, the second day of 2008. There are 364 days left in the year.
533 _ John II begins his reign as Catholic pope
1492 _ Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
1570 _ Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
1757 _ British troops occupy Calcutta, India
1790 _ Mozart's opera ``Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna
1814 _ Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
1905 _ Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
1919 _ Lithuania gains independence
1942 _ Japanese troops occupy Manila, the Philippines
1974 _ Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
1988 _ Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-U.S. free trade agreement
1994 _ Battles between army and rebellious Indians in South Mexico, kill 57
1995 _ Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (estimated 15 billion light years away)