This day in history January 2

366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

533 - Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.

1492 - Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.

1757 - The United Kingdom captures Calcutta, India.

1788 - Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1791 - Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.

1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland.

1818 - The British Institution of Civil Engineers is formed.

1860 - The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.

1871 - Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.

1872 - Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy due to having 25 wives.

1879 - Fred Spofforth claims the first hat-trick in test cricket on the Sydney Cricket Ground against England.

1882 - John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.

1890 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the White House.

1893 - Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces railroad chronometers.

1900 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.

1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur, China.

1905 - The American anarcho syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms.

1917 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.

1920 - The Palmer Raids begin in the United States.

1921 - The first religious radio broadcast (KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) .

1923 - U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns due to the Teapot Dome scandal.

1929 - Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls.

1935 - Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh.

1941 - World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.

1941 - World War II: The U.S. government announces its Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort.

1942 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces.

1942 - The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

1946 - Unable to resume rule after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the throne.

1949 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

1955 - Panamanian president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated.