January 2, 1973 (Tuesday)
- The asteroid 11785 Migaic is discovered by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.
- Born: Lucy Davis, English actress, in Solihull
- Died: Eleazar López Contreras, 89, President of Venezuela 1935–1941
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Famous quotes containing the word january:
“and you undid the reins
and I undid the buttons,
the bones, the confusions,
The New England postcards,
the January ten o’clock night,
and we rose up like wheat....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)