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January 2

3 sourced moments from January 2 in history: Granada fell in 1492, but Spain's Moriscos stayed until 1614; Georgia ratifies the U.S. Constitution as the fourth state (1788); and Luna 1 missed the Moon in 1959 and orbited the Sun instead.

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3 things happened on January 2

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1959 Space · Space Exploration

Luna 1 missed the Moon in 1959 and orbited the Sun instead

Launched on 2 January 1959, the Soviet probe overshot its likely target by thousands of miles and became the first spacecraft to orbit the Sun.

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1788 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Georgia ratifies the U.S. Constitution as the fourth state

A unanimous convention in Augusta made Georgia the first Southern state to bind itself to the new federal charter.

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1492 History · Medieval

Granada fell in 1492, but Spain's Moriscos stayed until 1614

Boabdil handed over the Alhambra's keys on 2 January 1492 under generous terms. Within a decade they were broken; a century later the Moriscos were expelled.

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