In decursul istoriei, in fiecare zi s-au intamplat multe lucruri si evenimente.
In acest topic vor fi prezentate de la 1 ianuarie pana la 31 decembrie, conform calendarului gregorian drept cronologie.
Un exemplu de informatii pot fi si de la sursele de internet, precum
www.datesinhistory.com , ...
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What happened on January 1January 1, 0001 Origin of Christian Era
January 1, 0045 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
January 1, 0069 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
January 1, 0089 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
January 1, 0153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
January 1, 0313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
January 1, 0404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
January 1, 0404 The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
January 1, 0414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
January 1, 0630 Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
January 1, 0722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
January 1, 0898 The Carolingian king Odo of the West Franks dies
January 1, 0990 Kievan Ruses adopt the Julian calendar.
January 1, 0990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
January 1, 1259 Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
January 1, 1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
January 1, 1438 Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
January 1, 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
January 1, 1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
January 1, 1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
January 1, 1504 "King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta"
January 1, 1515 "Fran?ois, Duke of Angoul?me succeeds Louis XII as Fran?ois I of France"
January 1, 1515 King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
January 1, 1527 Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
January 1, 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
January 1, 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
January 1, 1583 First day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
January 1, 1600 Scotland begins using the Julian calendar.
January 1, 1610 "German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610"
January 1, 1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
January 1, 1651 Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
January 1, 1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
January 1, 1660 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
January 1, 1660 Samuel Pepys starts his diary.
January 1, 1660 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
January 1, 1660 UK hist Samuel Pepys starts his diary
January 1, 1672 "Jean Racine's ""Bajazet,"" premieres in Paris"
January 1, 1673 Regular mail delivery begins between NY and Boston
January 1, 1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragn becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth
January 1, 1689 Pro-James II-Earl of Danby occupies York
January 1, 1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
January 1, 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
January 1, 1701 "Great Britain & Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom"
January 1, 1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
January 1, 1739 Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
January 1, 1739 "J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica"
January 1, 1752 "UK hist Beginning of the year 1752 [Scotland had adopted January as the start of the year in 1600, and some other countries in Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar as early as 1582]"
January 1, 1770 "Date of action in the opera ""Madeleine"""
January 1, 1772 The firt traveler's checks issued (London)
January 1, 1776 Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
January 1, 1776 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
January 1, 1781 "1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey as part of the Pennsylvania (Continentals; Regiment) Mutiny of 1781."
January 1, 1785 """Daily Universal Register"" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue"
January 1, 1785 UK hist John Walter publishes first edition of The Times (called The Daily Universal Register for 3 years)
January 1, 1788 "First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published."
January 1, 1788 London's Daily Universal Register becomes the Times
January 1, 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
January 1, 1797 Albany replaces Kingston as the capital of New York State.
January 1, 1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
January 1, 1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
January 1, 1800 The Dutch East India Company ceases to exist.
January 1, 1801 Dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
January 1, 1801 Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom
January 1, 1801 The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
January 1, 1801 "UK hist Union Jack official British flag ? The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag"
January 1, 1803 "Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Ty Sn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Hu, Vietnam"
January 1, 1804 French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and first country independent in the West Indies.
January 1, 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
January 1, 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti from France
January 1, 1806 The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
January 1, 1807 "Cura?ao is taken by English (until March, 1816)"
January 1, 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
January 1, 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
January 1, 1808 "Importation of slaves into the United States is banned as of January 1 by an act of Congress passed last year, but illegal imports continue"
January 1, 1808 The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
January 1, 1809 Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chass reaches Madrid
January 1, 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
January 1, 1814 UK hist Invasion of France by Allies
January 1, 1818 "Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is published."
January 1, 1818 Official reopening of the White House
January 1, 1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies
January 1, 1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
January 1, 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
January 1, 1833 British government demands Falkland islands
January 1, 1833 "Cura?ao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves"
January 1, 1833 "Curaao census 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves"
January 1, 1833 United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
January 1, 1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
January 1, 1838 The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
January 1, 1840 "1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC"
January 1, 1842 "1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC"
January 1, 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
January 1, 1845 "The Cobble Hill Tunnel, in Brooklyn, was finished."
January 1, 1846 Yucatan declares independence from M?xico
January 1, 1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
January 1, 1847 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
January 1, 1847 Neth's Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
January 1, 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
January 1, 1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
January 1, 1852 "1st US public bath opens, in NYC"
January 1, 1852 "National debt of Britain and Ireland is ?765,126,582"
January 1, 1852 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
January 1, 1852 The first US public bath opens in New York City NY
January 1, 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
January 1, 1853 The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
January 1, 1854 "Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)"
January 1, 1855 "UK hist Registration of births, marriages & deaths made compulsory in Scotland"
January 1, 1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
January 1, 1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
January 1, 1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
January 1, 1861 Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
January 1, 1861 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
January 1, 1862 "1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)"
January 1, 1862 "Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)"
January 1, 1862 "The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)"
January 1, 1863 "1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr"
January 1, 1863 "Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city"
January 1, 1863 "Franz Schuberts ""Missa Solemnis,"" premieres in Leipzig"
January 1, 1863 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
January 1, 1865 -Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign
January 1, 1870 First edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published.
January 1, 1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
January 1, 1873 Origin of Japanese Era
January 1, 1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
January 1, 1875 "UK hist Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)"
January 1, 1876 The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
January 1, 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
January 1, 1877 Queen Victoria of Britain is proclaimed Empress of India.
January 1, 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
January 1, 1880 "Building of Panama Canal, begins"
January 1, 1880 Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
January 1, 1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
January 1, 1882 William Cornelius Van Horne is appointed General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne succeeded in laying 480 miles of track across the Prairies in the summer of 1882.
January 1, 1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
January 1, 1886 "The first Tournament of Roses, Pasadena CA"
January 1, 1887 Queen Victoria is proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
January 1, 1890 Eritrea consolidates into a colony by the Italian government.
January 1, 1890 First use of football goal nets in England.
January 1, 1891 "French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed"
January 1, 1891 King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies
January 1, 1892 Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States.
January 1, 1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally opens.
January 1, 1893 "1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago"
January 1, 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
January 1, 1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time
January 1, 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
January 1, 1894 "The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic."
January 1, 1894 UK hist Manchester Ship Canal opens
January 1, 1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time
January 1, 1896 Wilhelm R?ntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
January 1, 1897 "1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0"
January 1, 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
January 1, 1898 "Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City."
January 1, 1898 "d'Annunzio's ""Sogno d'un mattino di primavera,"" premieres in Rome"
January 1, 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay
January 1, 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
January 1, 1900 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
January 1, 1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
January 1, 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
January 1, 1901 Australia becomes a Commonwealth under British rule.
January 1, 1901 "Caleb Bradham, founder of Pepsi-Cola, was married to Charity Credle - USA"
January 1, 1901 Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 1, 1901 "The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister."
January 1, 1901 The first official Mummers Parade is held.
January 1, 1901 The French rugby team play their first Test against the New Zealand All Blacks.
January 1, 1902 "1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)"
January 1, 1902 "Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn"
January 1, 1902 "The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California, with the University of Michigan beating Stanford University by a score of 49-0."
January 1, 1904 Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
January 1, 1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
January 1, 1906 British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time
January 1, 1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
January 1, 1907 "Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day"
January 1, 1908 "1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square"
January 1, 1908 "For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight."
January 1, 1908 Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
January 1, 1908 "The first time, a ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square"
January 1, 1909 Drilling began on the Lakeview Gusher.
January 1, 1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
January 1, 1909 UK hist Old Age Pensions Act came into force
January 1, 1910 "Captain David Beatty was promoted to Rear Admiral, and became the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy, except for Royal family members, since Horatio Nelson."
January 1, 1910 Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
January 1, 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9ź-hour work day
January 1, 1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
January 1, 1912 "1st running of SF's famed ""Bay to Breakers"" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)"
January 1, 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
January 1, 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
January 1, 1914 "1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)"
January 1, 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
January 1, 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
January 1, 1914 "The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles."
January 1, 1915 "DW Griffith shows ""Clansman"" at a sneak preview"
January 1, 1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
January 1, 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
January 1, 1916 "1st issue of ""Journal of Negro History"" published"
January 1, 1916 German troops abandon Yaound and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
January 1, 1919 Belorussian SSR established
January 1, 1919 "Edsel Ford succeeded his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company."
January 1, 1920 The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
January 1, 1922 The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus.
January 1, 1922 "Vancouver, BC, Canada starts driving on the right side of road"
January 1, 1923 "Britains Railways are grouped into the Big Four, LNER, GWR, SR, LMSR."
January 1, 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
January 1, 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V?lkische Block replaces NSDAP
January 1, 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
January 1, 1925 The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
January 1, 1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
January 1, 1927 Communist uprising in West Java
January 1, 1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
January 1, 1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
January 1, 1928 "The BOI (now FBI) instituted a theoretical and practical training course for new Special Agents. During a two-month assignment to the Washington Field Office, New Agents were instructed in Bureau rules and procedures, provided with practical exercises in crime investigation, and evaluated by experienced Agents as to their qualities and potential."
January 1, 1928 "The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio"
January 1, 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
January 1, 1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
January 1, 1930 Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
January 1, 1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
January 1, 1930 "Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era."
January 1, 1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
January 1, 1932 Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
January 1, 1934 Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
January 1, 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
January 1, 1934 International Telecommunication Union established
January 1, 1934 "Nazi Germany passes the ""Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring""."
January 1, 1935 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
January 1, 1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
January 1, 1935 Bucknell University wins the first Orange Bowl 260 over the University of Miami.
January 1, 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
January 1, 1935 "Pres Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself ""Ataturk: Father of Turkey"""
January 1, 1935 "President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself ""Atatrk Father of Turkey"""
January 1, 1936 "1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune"
January 1, 1936 "The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune"
January 1, 1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
January 1, 1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
January 1, 1937 Safety glass in windshields became mandatory in Great Britain.
January 1, 1937 "The first Cotton Bowl game is played in Dallas, Texas. TCU defeats Marquette University 166."
January 1, 1937 "US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio"
January 1, 1939 "Sydney, Australia swelters in 45C (113F) heat, a record for the city."
January 1, 1939 The first Vienna New Year's Concert is held.
January 1, 1939 William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
January 1, 1941 Formal opening of CBC News Service in canada
January 1, 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
January 1, 1941 Russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff
January 1, 1941 "The FBI seal, as currently depicted, came into limited use at this time. The prior seal had been the DOJ seal with an extra band for the FBI and its motto."
January 1, 1942 "Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16"
January 1, 1942 The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
January 1, 1942 The U.S. Office of Production Management prohibited sales of new cars and trucks to civilians.
January 1, 1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
January 1, 1943 Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown
January 1, 1944 "1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC"
January 1, 1944 "Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football ""Arab Bowl,"" Oran, North Africa"
January 1, 1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
January 1, 1944 "The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY"
January 1, 1945 France is admitted to the United Nations.
January 1, 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
January 1, 1945 "In retaliation of the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne."
January 1, 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
January 1, 1946 "ENIAC, US first computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert"
January 1, 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
January 1, 1946 The first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
January 1, 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
January 1, 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
January 1, 1947 "The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after the World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became the Federal Republic of Germany."
January 1, 1947 UK hist Coal Mines nationalised
January 1, 1947 "WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1948 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena Calif)]=
January 1, 1948 "After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan."
January 1, 1948 Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the 3rd Test vs India
January 1, 1948 British railways are nationalised to form British Rail.
January 1, 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective
January 1, 1948 Italy adopts constitution
January 1, 1948 Orissa province accedes to India
January 1, 1948 The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
January 1, 1948 UK hist British Railways nationalised
January 1, 1949 "KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1949 "KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1949 The British Nationality Act 1948 comes into force.
January 1, 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
January 1, 1949 United Nation cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
January 1, 1950 "Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally ? 5 per week"
January 1, 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China
January 1, 1950 The state of Ajaigarh acceded to the Government of India.
January 1, 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
January 1, 1953 Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies
January 1, 1953 "Ernest Blochs ""Suite Hebraique,"" premieres"
January 1, 1953 "WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast"
January 1, 1954 "KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
January 1, 1954 "WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast"
January 1, 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
January 1, 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
January 1, 1955 "WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins"
January 1, 1956 "KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1956 "KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1956 "Progressing new year event that panic and stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people."
January 1, 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK
January 1, 1956 "WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1957 "Benjamin Britten's ballet ""Prince and the Pauper,"" premieres in London"
January 1, 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic
January 1, 1957 "George Town, Penang became a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
January 1, 1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
January 1, 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
January 1, 1958 Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
January 1, 1958 Treaties establish European Economic Community (Common Market)
January 1, 1958 "WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
January 1, 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
January 1, 1959 "Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin."
January 1, 1959 Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
January 1, 1959 "Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution."
January 1, 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta
January 1, 1960 "Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20?"
January 1, 1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
January 1, 1960 Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars
January 1, 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution
January 1, 1960 The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
January 1, 1960 "US census at 179,245,000"
January 1, 1961 Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium
January 1, 1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
January 1, 1961 "Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)"
January 1, 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
January 1, 1961 UK hist Farthing ceases to be legal tender in UK
January 1, 1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
January 1, 1962 Navy SEAL teams established
January 1, 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
January 1, 1962 United States Navy SEALs established.
January 1, 1962 Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
January 1, 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
January 1, 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
January 1, 1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
January 1, 1964 "KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1964 "KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1964 "The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia."
January 1, 1964 UK hist First 'Top of the Pops' on BBC TV
January 1, 1965 International Cooperation Year begins
January 1, 1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
January 1, 1965 The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul.
January 1, 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC subway
January 1, 1966 A twelve day New York City transit strike begins.
January 1, 1966 "After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bdel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic."
January 1, 1966 "All US cigarette packs have to carry ""Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"""
January 1, 1966 Military coup by Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
January 1, 1966 "Simon and Garfunkel's ""Sounds of Silence"" reaches #1"
January 1, 1967 CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
January 1, 1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots
January 1, 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
January 1, 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
January 1, 1967 KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
January 1, 1967 St Helena adopts constitution
January 1, 1967 The FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) became operational. Law enforcement officials from across the country could tap this electronic database of criminal histories and other information to identify suspects and learn more about persons arrested.
January 1, 1967 Tonga revises constitution
January 1, 1967 "WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1968 "ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)"
January 1, 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain in Las Vegas
January 1, 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
January 1, 1968 "WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1969 "Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for ""NOT"" arguing with the referee"
January 1, 1969 Number one hit on UK music charts - Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
January 1, 1970 """The Epoch"" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)"
January 1, 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
January 1, 1970 "Charles ""Chub"" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League"
January 1, 1970 Neth Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
January 1, 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
January 1, 1970 Unix time begins.
January 1, 1971 Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
January 1, 1971 UK hist Divorce Reform Act (1969) comes into force
January 1, 1972 """Company"" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 690 performances"
January 1, 1972 """On the Town"" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 65 performances"
January 1, 1972 """Promises Promises"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 1281 performances"
January 1, 1972 Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
January 1, 1972 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
January 1, 1972 International Book Year begins
January 1, 1972 "KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting"
January 1, 1972 People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebulic of China
January 1, 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
January 1, 1973 "Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market"
January 1, 1973 "The Kingdom of Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community."
January 1, 1973 UK hist Britain enters EEC Common Market (with Ireland and Denmark)
January 1, 1973 "West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)"
January 1, 1974 "Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin"
January 1, 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
January 1, 1974 World Population Year begins
January 1, 1975 Establishment of the Office of Australian War Graves to take over the responsibilities of the Anzac Agency
January 1, 1975 "Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime"
January 1, 1975 International Women's Year begins
January 1, 1975 Sweden adopts constitution
January 1, 1976 """Musical Jubilee"" closes at St James Theater NYC after 92 performances"
January 1, 1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
January 1, 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
January 1, 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
January 1, 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
January 1, 1977 "Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596"
January 1, 1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
January 1, 1977 First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
January 1, 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
January 1, 1978 """Your Arm's Too Short..."" closes at Lyceum NYC after 429 perfs"
January 1, 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
January 1, 1978 President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909
January 1, 1979 Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.
January 1, 1979 International Year of the Child begins
January 1, 1979 "Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established"
January 1, 1979 US and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
January 1, 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
January 1, 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
January 1, 1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
January 1, 1980 International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins
January 1, 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
January 1, 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal
January 1, 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
January 1, 1980 Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
January 1, 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
January 1, 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
January 1, 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
January 1, 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
January 1, 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
January 1, 1981 The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.
January 1, 1982 "30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry"
January 1, 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
January 1, 1982 Javier Prez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN
January 1, 1982 MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system
January 1, 1982 Peruvian Javier Prez de Cullar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
January 1, 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
January 1, 1982 TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system
January 1, 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
January 1, 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
January 1, 1983 "The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet."
January 1, 1983 World Communications Year begins
January 1, 1984 "AT& T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into 8 individual firms."
January 1, 1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK
January 1, 1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75 to 90
January 1, 1984 NYC transit fare rises from 75? to 90?
January 1, 1984 The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
January 1, 1985 Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)
January 1, 1985 International Youth Year begins
January 1, 1985 The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
January 1, 1985 The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
January 1, 1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
January 1, 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
January 1, 1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curacao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)
January 1, 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
January 1, 1986 International Peace Year begins
January 1, 1986 "Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl"
January 1, 1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
January 1, 1986 Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market (European Economic Community)
January 1, 1986 The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
January 1, 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
January 1, 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
January 1, 1987 Year of the Reader begins
January 1, 1988 Actress Kelly McGillis marries Fred Tillman
January 1, 1988 Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
January 1, 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
January 1, 1988 "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States."
January 1, 1989 The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
January 1, 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
January 1, 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as first black mayor of New York City NY
January 1, 1990 "FCC implements ""SYNDEX"" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs"
January 1, 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
January 1, 1990 New York City NY MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
January 1, 1990 NYC MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
January 1, 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
January 1, 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in USSR
January 1, 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
January 1, 1991 "Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide"
January 1, 1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes UN Secretary-General
January 1, 1992 Bush is 1st US pres to address Australian Parliament
January 1, 1992 Cura?ao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
January 1, 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
January 1, 1992 International Space Year begins
January 1, 1992 NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
January 1, 1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
January 1, 1993 A single market within the European Community is introduced.
January 1, 1993 "Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3"
January 1, 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia
January 1, 1993 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
January 1, 1993 Harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
January 1, 1994 """Flying Karamzov Brothers"" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs"
January 1, 1994 """Grand Night after Singing"" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs"
January 1, 1994 "Actor Cesar Romero dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 86."
January 1, 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
January 1, 1994 "Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO, marries Marilyn French."
January 1, 1994 "Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13"
January 1, 1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
January 1, 1994 "Jacobs Field opens with ""Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"""
January 1, 1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
January 1, 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
January 1, 1994 The European Economic Area comes into effect.
January 1, 1994 The International Tropical Timber Agreement comes into effect.
January 1, 1994 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
January 1, 1995 """Glass Menagerie"" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 perfs"
January 1, 1995 """Shadow Box"" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances"
January 1, 1995 "Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union"
January 1, 1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
January 1, 1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
January 1, 1995 Firecrackers are banned in Vietnam on Tt because of safety reasons.
January 1, 1995 "for""Tuna Christmas"" closes at Booth Theater NYC 20 performances"
January 1, 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker assumes as Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
January 1, 1995 "Last ""Far Side"" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)"
January 1, 1995 Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for first wicket for Delhi
January 1, 1995 The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
January 1, 1995 "The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves."
January 1, 1995 The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
January 1, 1996 "After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin"
January 1, 1996 "Curaao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands."
January 1, 1997 Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
January 1, 1997 "The Republic of Zare officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zare."
January 1, 1998 "All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free"
January 1, 1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
January 1, 1998 The European Central Bank is established.
January 1, 1998 The Ontario Southland Railway takes over the operation of the Guelph Junction Railway (formerly the Goderich subdivision) which had been leased by CP from the City of Guelph since 1888. The Ontario Southland also took over the 3.1 mile remnant of the CP owned Guelph and Goderich Railway.
January 1, 1998 "US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733"
January 1, 1999 The Euro currency is introduced.
January 1, 1999 "The Polish administrative region of Opole Voivodeship is created, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czstochowa Voivodeship."
January 1, 1999 UK hist European Monetary Union begins ? UK opts out ? by the end of the year the Euro has approximately the same value as the US Dollar
January 1, 2000 "As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'."
January 1, 2000 "Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millenium"
January 1, 2000 Hama Amadou assumes as Prime Minister of Niger.
January 1, 2000 "UK hist Millennium Dome at Greenwich got off to a bad start when Press and celebratories were left queuing for tickets in the rain, and they never forgave it - the project was dogged by problems all year and became the butt of jokes"
January 1, 2001 Tommy Remengesau assumes as president of Palau.
January 1, 2001 UK hist Real millennium celebrations begin!!
January 1, 2002 Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
January 1, 2002 "Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei."
January 1, 2002 "The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force."
January 1, 2002 "UK hist Twelve major countries in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Holland, Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal) and their dependents start using the Euro instead of their old national currencies; the UK stays out ? the Euro worth 62«p at this time"
January 1, 2003 Luiz Incio Lula da Silva assumes as the President of Brazil.
January 1, 2004 "In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf won 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(
of the Constitution of Pakistan, was ""deemed to be elected"" to the office of President until October 2007."
January 1, 2006 The Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation.
January 1, 2007 Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
January 1, 2007 "Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages."
January 1, 2007 Hong Kong: a smoking ban in public places comes into effect.
January 1, 2007 UK hist Further enlargement of the European Union to include Bulgaria and Romania
January 01, 1940 Visitor posting - gary eylar born. My pet dog is called bud - USA
January 01, 1956 "Visitor posting - Graham Tainsh Downie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK."
January 01, 1962 Visitor posting - happy birthday to Karen Mahoney-Butler - USA
January 01, 1962 "Visitor posting - January 1, 1962 Happy Birthday Valerie, from your sister, Melody"
January 01, 1962 "Visitor posting - The newly opened St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK welcomes it's first newborn- Deborah L. Hudson. - USA"
January 01, 1970 Visitor posting - David J Minehart is born - USA
January 01, 1986 Visitor posting - bob bobson born. called bob - United Kingdom
January 01, 1988 "Visitor posting - caroline cunningham now johnson was born weight 6lbs, now 5'11 and stunning - United Kingdom"
January 01, 1992 Visitor posting - Martin A Nelson Schommer I was born to greatest Mom and Dad - USA
January 01, 1992 Visitor posting - Martin Schommer I was born to the Greatest Mom and Dad - USA
January 01, 1993 Visitor posting - Andrew Camp was born - USA
January 01, 1999 Visitor posting - january 1 1999 athena deboerdere is born
January 01, 2001 Visitor posting - Rochel Halprin died of breast cancer - USA
January 01, 2008 Visitor posting - Eliot and Christina are engaged
January 01, 2011 "Visitor posting - Adam Jett Knight born in Greensboro, North Carolina - USA"
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