Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, January 2, the second day of 2007. There are 363 days left in the year.

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In 1492, Muhammad XI, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces.

In 1921, religious services were broadcast on radio for the first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday service of the city’s Calvary Episcopal Church.

In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during the Second World War.

In 2002, The new Afghan government confirmed that American bombs had killed the Taliban’s intelligence chief (Qari Ahmadullah).

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“I am prejudiced in favour of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to give grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801).