On Jan. 2, 1492, Spaniards captured the city of Granada from the Moors.
In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1893, the Post Office issued the first commemorative postage stamps, depicting events in the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.
In 1905, Russian forces at Port Arthur in Manchuria surrendered to the Japanese in the last big military engagement of the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1921, religious services were broadcast for the first time when station KDKA in Pittsburgh transmitted the Sunday service from the city`s Calvary Episcopal Church.
In 1929, the United States and Canada agreed to preserve Niagara Falls.
In 1942, Manila was captured by the Japanese in World War II.
In 1974, a crowd barrier collapsed at a soccer match in Glasgow, Scotland, and 66 persons were trampled to death.
In 1979, a magistrate in Guyana ruled that a People`s Temple member, Larry Layton, would stand trial in the slaying of Rep. Leo Ryan (D. Calif.).
In 1984, W. Wilson Goode was sworn in as Philadelphia`s first black mayor.
