On this day: January 2

January 2: Feast Day of Gregory of Nazianzus (Roman Catholic Church)

Llandaff Cathedral

• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
• 1941 – Second World War: Llandaff Cathedral (pictured) in Cardiff, Wales, was severely damaged by German bombing during the Cardiff Blitz.
• 1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong won its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac.
• 1976 – The Gale of January 1976 began, which resulted in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, leading to at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• 1991 – Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., thus becoming the first African American woman to lead a major American city.

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