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January 2, 1940 (Tuesday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 2

• Week number: 1

• Leap year: 1940 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for January 2, 1940 (Tuesday)

• Sunrise time: 07:55 am

• Sunset time: 05:18 pm

• Day length: 09h 23m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for January 2, 1940 (Tuesday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 41%

• Moon Age: 22.97 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

January 2, 1940 Holidays and National Days

January 2 in History

2006
A coal mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia, kills 12 miners and critically injures another. This accident and another within weeks lead to the first changes in federal mining laws in decades.
1999
A severe winter storm hits the Midwestern US; in Chicago temperatures plunge to -13 ºF and19 inches of snow fell; 68 deaths are blamed on the storm.
1981
British police arrest the “Yorkshire Ripper” serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe.
1980
President Jimmy Carter asks the U.S. Senate to delay the arms treaty ratification in response to Soviet action in Afghanistan.
1973
The United States admits the accidental bombing of a Hanoi hospital.
1966
American G.I.s move into the Mekong Delta for the first time.
1963
In Vietnam, the Viet Cong down five U.S. helicopters in the Mekong Delta. 30 Americans are reported dead.
1943
The Allies capture Buna in New Guinea.
1942
In the Philippines, the city of Manila and the U.S. Naval base at Cavite fall to Japanese forces.
1936
In Berlin, Nazi officials claim that their treatment of Jews is not the business of the League of Nations.
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