Template:On this day/January 2

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

January 2:

• 1826 – Thomas Jefferson Randolph acquired his debt-ridden father’s estate, "Edgehill" (house, land, and slaves), at auction.
• 1884 – Dedication of Delevan Baptist Church at 632 W. Main St.; used until 2007.
• 1925 – F. W. Twyman, president of Albemarle Telephone Company, reported major cable and plant expansions to a Daily Progress reporter.
• 1962 – City Council adopted a Building Code section titled “Family Fallout Shelters.”
• 2019 – Legendary football coach George Welsh died at 85.