Today is Monday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2023 with 363 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include industrialist Henry Flagler in 1830; former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., the 1964 Republican nominee for president, in 1909; author Isaac Asimov in 1920; former televangelist Jim Bakker in 1940 (age 83); zoologist Jack Hanna in 1947 (age 76); journalist Judith Miller in 1948 (age 75); filmmaker Todd Haynes in 1961 (age 62); actor Tia Carrere in 1967 (age 56); actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in 1968 (age 55); model Christy Turlington in 1969 (age 54); actor Taye Diggs in 1971 (age 52); actor/singer Renee Elise Goldsberry in 1971 (age 52); actor Dax Shepard in 1975 (age 48); actor Paz Vega in 1976 (age 47); actor Kate Bosworth in 1983 (age 40); actor Shelley Hennig in 1987 (age 36).On this date in history:

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In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union.

In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first U.S. senator to be censured after being accused of publicly revealing secret presidential documents.

In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann, "The Most Hated Man in the World," went on trial for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., eldest son of famed aviator, Charles Lindbergh.

In 1942, Japanese forces occupied Manila, forcing U.S. and Philippine forces under U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur to withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula.

In 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1, the first unmanned spacecraft to travel to the moon.

In 1967, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as 33rd governor of California.

In 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a bill requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph or lose federal highway funds.

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In 1981, police in Britain arrested the so-called "Yorkshire Ripper," after five years on the run. Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven more.

In 1990, Britain's most-wanted terrorism suspect, Patrick Sheehy, was found dead in the Republic of Ireland.

In 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in West Virginia's Upshur County. One man was found alive after 41 hours trapped underground.

In 2011, Prince Harry, grandson of England's Queen Elizabeth II, was sent home from military service in Afghanistan after a magazine revealed his presence in the war zone. He later returned to continue training as a gunship pilot.

In 2019, two Indian women entered the Hindu Sabarimala temple, the first to do so since the courts ended a longtime ban on women in 2018.

In 2022, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned amid ongoing protests two months after he was reinstated following a coup that saw him ousted from the position.

A thought for the day: "You've got to have fun in life. Otherwise, wow, imagine life without fun." -- Britain's Prince Harry