History for January 2 - On-This-Day.com
Isaac Asimov 1920, Roger Miller 1936, Jim Bakker 1939
Cuba Gooding, Jr. 1968, Christy Turlington 1969, Kate Bosworth 1973
1892 - Ellis Island opened as America's first federal immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became the first person to pass through.
1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.
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