January 2 is:
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me . . . nine ladies dancing.
For the significance of each day of Christmas, see: Good Housekeeping.com
The 9 Ladies Dancing are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. The nine fruits of the spirit signify good character traits to observe and maintain in oneself and embrace in your own life. They are Faithfulness, Gentleness, Goodness, Joy, Kindness, Love, Patience, Peace, and Self-Control.
Cream Puff Day
Cream Puffs made their debut in the United States in 1880. However, the first cream puff originated in Europe sometime during the 1540s when Catherine de Medici’s pastry chef created the baked puffed shells for Catherine’s husband, Henry II of France.
In Switzerland: Berchtoldstag (Berchtold’s Day). This day honors the founding of Bern in 1191, by Duke Berchtold V. Legend claims that he went hunting and said he would name the city for the first animal he killed, which was a bear (‘bern’).
Birthday of James Wolfe (1727), English general who died at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec between England and France. Effectively ended French rule in North America.
Georgia Ratification Day, commemorating Georgia’s entry into the Union in 1788 as the fourth state.
- Capital: Atlanta
- Nickname: Peach State; Empire State of the South
- Bird: Brown Thrasher
- Flower: Cherokee Rose
- Tree: Live Oak
- Motto: Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
- Amphibian: American Green Tree Frog
- Butterfly: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Dance: Square dance
- Fish: Largemouth bass
- Food: Grits, Peach, Vidalia onion
- Fossil: Shark tooth
- Gem: Quartz
- Insect: European honey bee
- Mammal: Right whale
- Mineral: Staurolite
- Reptile: Gopher tortoise
- Rock: Granite
- Shell: Knobbed Whelk
- Soil: Tifton
- Song: “Georgia on My Mind”
See our page Georgia for more interesting facts and trivia about Georgia.
In 1811, Senator Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first senator to be censured when the Senate approved a censure motion against him by a vote of 20 to seven. Pickering was accused of violating congressional law by revealing secret documents communicated by the President to the Senate.
Birthday of Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920), the immensely popular science fiction writer.
On this date in 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
Also in 1974, Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter), died in Nashville, Tenn. Some of his greatest hits were “Rye Whiskey,” “Wayward Wind,” and “You Are My Sunshine.” His performance of “High Noon,” from the movie of the same name, won an Oscar in 1952. Ritter appeared in eighty-five movies and starred in the television series “Ranch Party” (1959-1962). In 1964 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. John Ritter, his youngest son, starred in the popular series “Three’s Company.” – See more at: Texas Day by Day