January 2, 2025

January 2, 2025, was a Thursday. It was 18 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date was 18 days ago. It was the 2nd day of 2025, in week 01. The decade was the 2020s. A baby that was born on this day is now 2 weeks old.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 2, 2025, will have the star sign Capricorn.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2025 is the year of the Snake (Yin Earth).
The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
Native American Zodiac: January 2, 2025 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Personality traits

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to January 2, 2025.

December 3, 2024: South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law.
December 4, 2024:
• UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot dead by a hooded gunman in Manhattan.
• The French government is toppled in a historic no-confidence vote.
December 7, 2024: Syrian opposition forces capture the capital city of Damascus.
December 8, 2024:
• Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is overthrown by Islamist-led insurgents.
• Rapper Jay-Z is accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.
December 9, 2024: A 26-year-old named Luigi Mangione is arrested in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
December 16, 2024: Three people are killed in a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
December 19, 2024: Luigi Mangione is extradited to New York for the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
December 20, 2024:
• The film "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" is released.
• Five people are killed after an SUV is driven into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
December 21, 2024: Boxing: Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury in a rematch.
December 23, 2024:
• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
• Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in an avalanche at the age of 26.
December 25, 2024: 38 people are killed after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes near Aktau International Airport in Kazakhstan.
December 27, 2024: It is reported that homelessness in the United States has risen to 18%.
December 29, 2024:
• Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100.
• 179 people are killed after Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall after "belly landing" in Muan International Airport in South Korea.
January 1, 2025:
• 15 people are killed after a pickup truck is driven into a large crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• A Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.
This date: January 2, 2025
January 3, 2025: Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigns over the newspaper's refusal to publish a cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos.
January 6, 2025: Justin Trudeau announces that he will be resigning as the prime minister of Canada.
January 7, 2025:
• Mark Zuckerberg announces that Meta will be ending its third party fact-checking program.
• President-elect Donald Trump refuses to rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.
• Donald Trump says that he will rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
• A series of wildfires begin to affect the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
• The documentary "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" is released on Netflix.
January 14, 2025: TikTok ban: TikTok users begin signing up to the Chinese app "RedNote".
January 15, 2025: Filmmaker David Lynch dies aged 78.
January 17, 2025: The US Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning TikTok.
January 18, 2025: TikTok makes its app unavailable to American users ahead of its scheduled ban.
January 19, 2025:
• Israel and Hamas begin a three-stage ceasefire.
• TikTok restores its services in the US after Donald Trump promises to delay a ban.
January 20, 2025: Donald Trump is inaugerated as the 47th president of the United States.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 2.

Cuba Gooding, Jr

Actor
Born on January 2, 1968
He turned 57 on this day in 2025.

Dax Shepard

Actor
Born on January 2, 1975
He turned 50 on this day in 2025.

Loic Remy

Soccer player
Born on January 2, 1987
He turned 38 on this day in 2025.

Tfue

American streamer
Born on January 2, 1998
He turned 27 on this day in 2025.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on January 2:

Berchtoldstag (Switzerland)

US President

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on January 2, 2025.

UK Prime Minister

Keir Starmer was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Simon Harris was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on January 2, 2025 was most likely conceived around April 11, 2024.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 2, 2025 is close to September 25, 2025.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 2, 2025:

18 days have passed since this date.
2 weeks have passed.
1,555,200 seconds have passed since January 2, 2025.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,814,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 802,483,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 259,200 times.
You have taken approximately 133,747 steps. That's roughly 59 miles.
18,662 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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