January 2

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January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 363 days remaining until the end of the year (364 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Events

366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine 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: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.

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.

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.

1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.

1833 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.

1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River (a.k.a. Battle of Murfreesboro) resumes in central Tennessee after a day's respite, resulting in a significant Union victory.

1865 – Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as Brazilian and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.

1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.

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

1920 – The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.

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

1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.

1942 – World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces.

1945 – World War II: Nuremberg, Germany is severely bombed by Allied forces.

1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.

1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.

1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory.

1967 – Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California

1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.

1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.

1975 – A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways

1975 – Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies in police custody.

1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.

1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

1992 – Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.

1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.

1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.

2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.

2006 – An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, leaving only one survivor.

Births

869 – Yōzei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)

1403 – Basilios Bessarion, Greek cardinal and scholar (d. 1472)

1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)

1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)

1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)

1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)

1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)

1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797)

1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)

1732 – František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)

1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)

1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)

1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)

1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)

1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)

1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)

1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)

1851 – Ludwig von Graff, Austrian zoologist (d. 1924)

1852 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (d. 1937)

1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)

1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)

1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)

1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)

1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)

1870 – Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (d. 1929)

1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)

1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)

1876 – Aquiles Serdán, Mexican activist and politician (d. 1910)

1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)

1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)

1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)

1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (d. 1959)

1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)

1886 – Billy Zulch, South African cricketer (d. 1924)

1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)

1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian-American poet and playwright (d. 1951)

1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)

1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)

1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)

1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)

1896 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)

1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)

1897 – Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler (d. 1975)

1897 – Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)

1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American economist and lawyer (d. 1989)

1899 – Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (d. 1967)

1900 – William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)

1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)

1902 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)

1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)

1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)

1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1938)

1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)

1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)

1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998)

1913 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004)

1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)

1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)

1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)

1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American midwife and actress and producer of the Yiddish stage (d. 2002)

1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)

1918 – Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)

1918 – Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)

1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian-American chemist, author, and academic (d. 1992)

1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author

1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009)

1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007)

1927 – Gino Marchetti, American football player

1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist

1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist and author (d. 1988)

1928 – Kate Molale, South African activist and politician (d. 1980)

1928 – Dan Rostenkowski, American Congressman (d. 2010)

1931 – James D. Murray, Scottish mathematician and academic

1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan

1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)

1933 – Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)

1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author

1933 – Richard Riley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Education

1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian, author, and academic

1935 – David McKee, English author and illustrator

1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (d. 1987)

1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1992)

1938 – David Bailey, English photographer and painter

1938 – Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer

1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author and educator

1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea

1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)

1938 – Dana Ulery, American computer scientist

1940 – Jim Bakker, American televangelist

1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)

1942 – Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat

1942 – Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general

1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)

1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor

1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia

1946 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author

1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player

1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic

1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist and author

1948 – Joyce Wadler, American journalist and author

1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter

1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)

1949 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)

1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach

1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player and coach

1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter and educator

1952 – Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia

1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress

1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)

1953 – Vincent Racaniello, American virologist, author, and academic

1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch educator and politician

1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician

1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author

1957 – Beppe Gabbiani, Italian race car driver

1958 – Helen Goodman, English lawyer and politician

1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist and educator

1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)

1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress

1961 – Todd Haynes, American director and screenwriter

1961 – Craig James, American football player and sportscaster

1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician

1963 – David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster

1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player

1964 – Michael McCann, Scottish lawyer and politician

1964 – Rumesh Ratnayake, Sri Lankan cricketer

1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer

1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player and coach

1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress

1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City

1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player

1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer

1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider

1969 – István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter

1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist

1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver

1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian businessman and politician, 16th Finance Minister of Austria

1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer

1969 – Christy Turlington, American model

1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor

1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor

1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress

1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player

1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter

1972 – Paweł Januszewski, Polish hurdler

1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia

1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, German-Greek triple jumper

1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager

1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress

1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster

1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner

1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer

1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor

1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player

1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player

1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek jumper

1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress

1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player

1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player

1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer

1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress and singer

1978 – Yoon Se-ah, South Korean actress

1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach

1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player

1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer

1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist

1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer

1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player

1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player

1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress

1984 – Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer

1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player

1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)

1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer

1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player and composer

1988 – Joseph Paulo, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player

1988 – Kim Shi-hoo, South Korean actor

1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer

1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer

1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)

1990 – Chris Sabburg, Australian cricketer

1991 – Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer

1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer

1992 – Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

1993 – Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter

Deaths

951 – Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han

982 – Dětmar, first Bishop of Prague

1096 – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England

1169 – Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)

1184 – Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos

1470 – Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)

1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)

1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)

1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)

1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)

1849 – Micanopy, American tribal chief (b. 1780)

1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)

1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)

1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)

1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)

1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)

1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)

1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)

1937 – Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (b. 1907)

1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)

1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

1950 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)

1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)

1951 – William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)

1953 – Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founded Gucci (b. 1881)

1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880)

1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)

1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)

1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)

1974 – Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)

1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)

1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)

1986 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)

1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)

1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)

1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)

1990 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)

1994 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)

1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)

1995 – Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)

1995 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)

1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)

1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)

1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)

2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)

2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (b. 1914)

2001 – William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)

2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)

2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)

2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)

2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)

2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)

2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)

2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)

2007 – David Perkins, American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)

2007 – Robert C. Solomon, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942)

2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)

2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)

2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)

2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)

2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)

2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)

2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)

2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)

2012 – Larry Reinhardt, American guitarist (b. 1948)

2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)

2012 – William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)

2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi, Japanese golfer (b. 1922)

2013 – Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)

2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)

2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)

2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)

2014 – Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1953)

2014 – Michael J. Matthews, American lawyer and politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City (b. 1934)

2014 – Jay Traynor, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

2015 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)

2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)

2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)

2016 – Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)

2016 – Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)

2017 – John Berger, English art critic and painter (b. 1926)

2017 – Albert Brewer, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1968–1971) (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

Ancestry Day (Haiti)

Berchtold's Day (Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the Alsace)

Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Christian feast day:

Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England)

Defendens of Thebes

Earliest day on which the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is observed, while January 5 is the latest; celebrated on Sunday between January 2 and 5. (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)

Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (Lutheran Church)

Macarius of Alexandria

Seraphim of Sarov (repose)

Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church)

January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics))

Nyinlong (Bhutan)

The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7. (southern Colombia)

The first day of the Carnival of Riosucio, celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio)

The ninth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mauritius, Montenegro, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine):

New Year Holiday (Scotland), if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3