CoM Moderators Posted January 2 Posted January 2 1492 - Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula 1757 - British troops occupy Calcutta India 1843 - Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in Dresden, Germany 1900 - US Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China 1903 - US President Theodore Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola, Mississippi, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1967 - 33rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 34-7 1984 - 50th Orange Bowl: #5 Miami (FL) beats #1 Nebraska, 31-30 1984 - 13th Fiesta Bowl: #14 Ohio State beats #15 Pittsburgh, 28-23 1987 - Troops of Chadian President Hissène Habré conquer the Fada oasis 2014 - 30 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400 ft in Malshej Ghat, India More Historical Events »
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