This Day In America January 2 2008

  • On Today’s date in 1492, Muhammad XI, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces.
  • On Today’s date in 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
  • On Today’s date in 1965, the New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a contract reportedly worth $427,000.
  • On Today’s date in 1974, President Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles per hour (federal speed limits were abolished in 1995).
  • Today Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 40.
  • Today Model Christy Turlington is 39.
  • Today Actor Taye Diggs is 37.
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