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Today in History – January 2

1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.

Big Bottom massacre (January 2, 1791)

1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.

Site of the Battle of the Assunpink Creek