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What happened on 2 January?

3 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

  1. 1492 Fall of Granada Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella take Granada; 781-year Reconquista ends, freeing capital for Columbus's voyage.
  2. 1843 Wagner's The Flying Dutchman Inspired by a storm-tossed voyage fleeing creditors in Riga, Wagner's opera of the ghost captain redeemed by a woman's love — his first mature work.
  3. 1958 Callas walks out of Norma in Rome With Italy's president in the audience at the Rome Opera, Callas withdraws after the first act citing bronchitis — a scandal that fixes her reputation as a temperamental diva.
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