What Happened on January 2, 1970

• Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
• US population is 293,200,000; African American population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)

• Anthony Stuart, Australian cricket fast bowler and coach (3 ODIs; 8 wickets @ 13.62; hat trick 1997), born in Newcastle, Australia
• Eric Whitacre, American Grammy Award-winning choral conductor and composer (Lux Aurumque; Deep Field), born in Reno, Nevada
• Glenn Cadrez, American NFL linebacker (Super Bowl 1997, 98; Denver Broncos), born in El Centro, California
• Robert Fertitta, American operatic countertenor, born in New York City
• Royce Clayton, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1997; SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) and actor (The Rookie, Moneyball), born in Burbank, California
• Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian pop singer ("I Admit"), born in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania, Romania.

• Piotr Rytel, Polish composer, dies at 85

Holidays: Day after New Year's Day (New Zealand), New Year Holiday (United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
• #1 Song: Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris