45 BC \u2013 The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.<\/p>\n
404 \u2013 Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.<\/p>\n
1502 \u2013 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese.[12]<\/p>\n
1700 \u2013 Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.<\/p>\n
1773 \u2013 The hymn that becomes known as “Amazing Grace”, previously titled “1 Chronicles 17:16\u201317, Faith’s Review and Expectation”, is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.<\/p>\n
1776 \u2013 During the Revolutionary War, Norfolk, Virginia, is burned to the ground by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
\n\u2013 General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Continental Union Flag, at Prospect Hill.<\/p>\n
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1781 During the Revolutionary War, 1500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne’s command rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny.<\/p>\n
1801 \u2013 Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.[31]<\/p>\n
1808 \u2013 The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807, <\/strong>2 Stat. 426\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pub. L. 9\u201322 comes into effect, banning the importation of slaves into the U.S.<\/p>\n 1818 \u2013 Mary Shelley anonymously publishes the pioneering work of science fiction The Modern Prometheus<\/span><\/em>, commonly known as , Frankenstein in London.<\/p>\n 1847 \u2013 The Sisters of Mercy from Ireland, found the “Mercy” Hospital\u00a0 Pittsburgh<\/p>\n 1863 \u2013 During the War between the states, the Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate states.<\/p>\n 1885 \u2013 Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming’s proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).[45]<\/p>\n 1892 \u2013 Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.<\/p>\n 1898 \u2013 New York, New York 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 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.<\/p>\n 1902 \u2013 The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.<\/p>\n 1914 \u2013 The St. Petersburg\u2013Tampa (SPT) Airboat Line\u00a0becomes the world’s first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft. Providing service provided service between St. Petersburg, Florida and neighboring Tampa across Tampa Bay<\/p>\n 1932 \u2013 The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth.<\/p>\n 1942 \u2013 The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.<\/p>\n 1947 \u2013 The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.<\/p>\n 1958 \u2013 The European Economic Community is established.[72]<\/p>\n 1959 \u2013The government of Cuba, under Fulgencio Batista, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces.<\/p>\n 1970 \u2013 The defined beginning of Unix time starts, at 00:00:00.<\/p>\n 1971 \u2013 Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.<\/p>\n 1979 \u2013 The Joint Communiqu\u00e9 on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Taiwan Relations Act enter into force. Through the Communiqu\u00e9, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China and guarantees military support for Taiwan.<\/p>\n 1983 \u2013 The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP\/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.<\/p>\n 1984 \u2013 The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.<\/p>\n 1985 \u2013 Eastern Air Lines Flight 980, a Boeing 727, on a scheduled international flight from Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay, to Miami, Florida, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, crashes into Mount Illimani, killing all 29 people on board.<\/p>\n 1988 \u2013 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is formed, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.<\/p>\n 1989 \u2013 The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n 1993 \u2013 By mutual accord, Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.<\/p>\n 1994 \u2013 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.<\/p>\n 1995 \u2013 The World Trade Organization comes into being.<\/p>\n 1998 \u2013 Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS\/CFT (anti-de Sitter\/conformal field theory) correspondence,\u00a0which links string theory and quantum gravity.<\/p>\n 1999 \u2013 The Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union.<\/p>\n 2011 \u2013 A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.<\/p>\n 2024 \u2013 A 7.5 Mww\u202f earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others. 2025 \u2013 In New Orleans, Louisiana, 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack by a moslem man inspired by the terrorist group ISIS, who was killed in a shoot-out with police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 45 BC \u2013 The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Republic, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. 404 \u2013 Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. 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\n\u2013 Disney’s copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires as they enter the public domain.[118]<\/p>\n