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| January 1st |
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| About January 1st is the 1st day of the internationally accepted Gregorian calendar. Known as ''New Year's Day'', January 1st is a United States Federal Holiday. Birthdays 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot 1745 - Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, 1st Speaker of the House 1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, photographer 1868 - Snitz Edwards, American actor 1874 - Frank Knox, former Secretary of the Navy 1888 - John Garand, inventor 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director 1909 - Barry Goldwater, former U.S. Senator & Presidential nominee 1909 - Dana Andrews, actor 1911 - Hank Greenberg, Hall of Fame first baseman 1919 - Carole Landis, film actress 1919 - Rocky Graziano, professional boxer 1919 - J. D. Salinger, novelist 1922 - Ernest Hollings, former U.S. Senator 1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, actor 1927 - Doak Walker, Hall of Fame running back, kicker 1927 - Vernon L. Smith, economist 1930 - Ty Hardin, film actor 1932 - Jackie Parker, professional football player 1935 - B. Kliban, cartoonist 1936 - James Sinegal, businessman 1938 - Clay Cole, American television host and producer 1940 - Frank Langella, actor 1942 - Martin Frost, former Congressman 1942 - Dennis Archer, politician 1943 - Tony Knowles, former Alaska Governor 1943 - Don Novello, American actor 1944 - Jimmy Hart, professional wrestling manager 1947 - Jon Corzine, U.S. Senator, New Jersey Governor 1954 - Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator 1960 - Michael Seibert, figure skating 1961 - Sam Palahnuk, video game designer 1967 - Derrick Thomas, Hall of Fame linebacker 1969 - Morris Chestnut, actor 1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor 1970 - Kimberly Page, actress, model, professional wrestler 1971 - Sammie Henson, Olympic gold medal wrestler 1971 - Chris Potter, jazz saxophonist 1972 - DJ Shadow, DJ and songwriter 1975 - Joe Cannon, professional soccer player 1976 - Caleb Wyatt, motocross rider 1981 - Eden Riegel, professional actress 1984 - Shareefa, R&B singer 1986 - Glen Davis, professional basketball player 1987 - Meryl Davis, figure skating Deaths 1869 - Martin W. Bates, U.S. Senator 1896 - Alfred Ely Beach, inventor 1958 - Edward Weston, photographer 1960 - Margaret Sullavan, actress 1969 - Barton MacLane, actor 1981 - Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist 1982 - Victor Buono, actor 1992 - Grace Hopper, computer pioneer 1994 - Cesar Romero, actor 1996 - Arleigh Burke, admiral 1997 - Townes Van Zandt, musician 1998 - Helen Wills Moody, tennis player 2001 - Ray Walston, actor 2002 - Julia Phillips, film producer 2003 - Joe Foss, politician, fighter pilot and AFL Commissioner 2005 - Shirley Chisholm, congresswoman 2005 - Eugene J. Martin, painter, artist 2005 - Bob Matsui, congressman 2006 - Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor 2007 - Del Reeves, country singer 2007 - Darrent Williams, professional football player 2009 - Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senator (Rhode Island) Events 1781 - 1,500 members of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment joined the mutiny of the Pennsylvania regiments at Morristown, New Jersey as part of the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1781. 1808 - United States is bans the importing of slaves from Africa. 1845 - The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed. 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory. 1863 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska. 1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States. 1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25th by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. 1902 - The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena. 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. 1909 - Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher. 1919 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company. 1925 - The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way. 1932 - The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. 1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison. 1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard. 1942 - The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations. 1945 - In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne. 1945 - The German Luftwaffe launches Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. 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. 1949 - United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir stopping the War between India and Pakistan. 1954 - NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade , with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers. 1962 - The Beatles audition for the Decca record company, but Decca decides to sign Brian Poole & the Tremeloes instead. 1962 - United States Navy SEALs established. 1966 - A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins. 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. 1979 - Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. 1981 - The Republic of Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States. 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. 1984 - The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is broken up into twenty-two independent units as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T . 1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created. 1988 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. 1990 - David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor. 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect. 1995 - The World Trade Organization comes into effect. |
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