Daily Facts about January 2

2023

National Science Fiction Day is celebrated to honor the birthday of author Isaac Asimov and the science fiction genre.

1920

The United States Senate rejects joining the League of Nations, a decision that has a lasting impact on the country's approach to international diplomacy.

1904

American inventor and engineer John Ambrose Fleming is granted a patent for the vacuum tube, a pivotal advancement in electronics.

1492

The Emirate of Granada, the last Islamic state in Spain, surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs, marking the end of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula.