Birthdates Which Occur on January 1:
379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia)
1387 Charles The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)
1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)
1449 Lorenzo de'Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence
1467 Sigismund I the old, king of Poland
1481 Huldrych Zwingli Swiss Protestant reformer
1504 Caspar Cruciger German church reformer
1618 Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]
1622 Isaac Sweers Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist
1628 Christoph Bernhard composer
1652 Johann Krieger composer
1697 Johann Pfeiffer composer
1709 Johann H H Btz German/Dutch organ builder
1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
1723 Christian Friedrich Gregor composer
1729 Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS]
1734 John F E Acton cruel premier of Naples
1735 Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne general
1748 Giovanni Furno composer
1752 Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross flag maker
1764 John Kinker Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)
1777 Micah Hawkins composer
1784 William Beale composer
1792 Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Sínner af Norge)
1800 Sydney Nelson composer
and Vaclav Horak composer
1809 John Pieter Heije Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)
1815 Charles Renouvier French philosopher (neocriticism)
1817 Martin H Klaproth Germany, chemist
1819 Arthur Hugh Clough poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
and George Foster Shepley Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1823 S ndor Pet”fi Kikk”r”s, Hungary, poet, revolutionary (J os Vit‚z)
1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell Brig General (Confederate Army)
1831 William Joseph Westbrook composer
1838 William Hugh Young Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1843 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer
1853 Hans Koessler composer
1854 James Frazer Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
1861 Isaac Murphy thoroughbred jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%)
1862 Snitz Edwards Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)
1863 Pierre de Coubertin France, baron (revived Olympic games)
1864 Alfred Stieglitz US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)
1865 Giuseppe Ferrata composer
1867 Lew Fields comedian (of Weber & Fields)
1869 Louis JM de la Vall‚e-Poussin Belgian indologist
1873 Mariano Azuela Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
1874 Hugo Leichtentritt composer
1875 Charles Rist French economist
1876 Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3rd monument)
1878 Edwin Franko Goldman composer
and Fran‡ois Ambrosiny French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchant‚)
1879 Edward M Forster England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)
and Ernest Jones British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
and William Fox US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
1880 Edie Martin London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)
and Shalom Asch Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
1881 Carry van Bridges [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)
1883 Federigo Tozzi Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)
and Heiko E "Ko" Arnoldi Dutch actor/theater director
1885 Roland Diggle composer
1887 Wilhelm Canaris German admiral/head German military intelligence
1889 Alexander Smallens St Petersburg, Russia, conductor
and Charles Bickford Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian)
and Tadeusz Jarecki composer
and Tom Dugan Dublin Ireland, actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway)
1890 Florence Lawrence Hamilton Ontario, silent screen actress
1891 Frank Pettingell Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)
1892 Artur Rodzinski Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
and Manuel Roxas y Acuna 1st president Philippines
and Miklos Radnai composer
1895 J Edgar Hoover Mr FBI
and Nathaniel Shilkret NYC, conductor
1896 Maurice Jacobson composer
and Teinosuke Kinugasa Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
and Yitzhak Edel composer
1897 Walter Greaza St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
1898 Viktor Ullmann composer
1899 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer
and Raymond Loucheur composer
19-- Alexia Robinson Ft Lauderdale, actress (Total Recall, Gen Hospital)
and Michael David Morrison actor (Caleb-As the World Turns)
and Rick Hurst Houston Tx, actor (Dukes of Hazzard)
and Stephanie Faracy Bkln NY, actress (Judy-Thorn Birds)
1900 Hubert van Doorne Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
and William Haines Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)
and Xavier Cugat Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1901 Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen Dutch 2nd parliament (CDD)
1902 Dimiter Nenov composer
1905 Melvin Price (Rep-D-IL, 1945- )
1906 Frank Stack Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1907 Erich Schmid composer
1908 Kinue Hitoma Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928)
1909 Barry Goldwater (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)
and Dana Andrews Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
1910 Russ Bender actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster)
1911 Endre Szervanszky composer [or Dec 27]
and Hank Greenberg Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1912 Kim Philby British spy/Soviet mole
and Victor Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1913 Eliot Janeway financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
1916 Earl Wrightson Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)
1918 Willy den Ouden Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)
1919 Bernard Drukker Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader (Devil's Wheel)
and Carole Landis Fairchild WI, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
and J F "Jerome David" Salinger author (Catcher in the Rye)
1920 Elisabeth Andersen [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania)
1921 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956)
1922 Ernest F Hollings (Sen-D-SC, 1966- )
1923 Milton Jackson US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
1925 George Conner NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
and Valentina Cortesa Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
1927 Barbara Baxley Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)
and Juliusz Luciuk composer
and Maurice B‚jart France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
and Yuri Grigorovich Russia, choreographer
1928 Ernest R Tidyman Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
1929 Holling Gustav Vapor character on Northern Exposure
1930 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry premier/president (Sudan)
and Ty Hardin NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]
and Werner Heiden composer
1931 Carel Brons composer
1932 Arnfried GD P Dutch breadcrumbs manufacturer/drugs dealer
1933 Anders Bo Leif Linde composer
and Joe Orton England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
1935 Harold Martina Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
1936 Eve Queler NYC, conductor
and Willye B White US jumper (Olympics-silver-1956)
1938 Bill Emerson (Rep-R-MO, 1981- )
1940 Frank Langella Bayonne NJ, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife)
and Laszlo Sary composer
and Richard Henry Orton composer
1942 Country Joe McDonald Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
and Don Novello [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula Oh, comedian (SNL)
and Gennadi V Sarafanov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
and George Couroupos composer
and Martin Frost (Rep-D-TX, 1971- )
1945 Jacques Ickx Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
1946 Manfred Stengl Austria, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1960)
1947 Peter Lankhorst Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PPR)
and Vladimir G. Titov Sretensk Russia, cosmo/astronaut (T-8, STS 63)
1949 N T Moskalenko cosmonaut
1950 Morgan Fisher rock keyboardist (British Lions)
and Y V Saley cosmonaut
1951 Frans Kellendonk author (Ruin, The Good for Nothing)
and Jaco Pastorius rocker
1953 Alpha Blondy [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
and Kevin Hangon composer
1954 Fr David Paris France, rocker
1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
and Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-15)
1958 Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], NYC, rocker (Message)
and Ren Woods Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
1959 Abdul Ahad Mohamand Afghanistan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6)
1966 Rawley Valberde Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
1967 Andy Heck NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawk)
1968 John de Visser soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1970 Tom Sier soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1973 Clyde W˜nhard soccer player (Ajax)
Deaths Which Occured January 1:
379 Basilius the Great of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies
404 Telemachus Roman monk, murdered
898 Odo earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies
962 Boudouin III count of Flanders, dies
0898 Odo earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39
1387 Karel de Boze king of Navarra (1349-87), dies
1502 Gregorius XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
1515 Louis XII "the Justified", king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
1517 Hermann Vischer the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies
1557 Jacques Cartier French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1559 Christian III king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1560 Guillaume du Bellay Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
1617 Hendrick Goltzius Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
1626 Cornelis Pieterse Hoft Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
1630 Tetsugen Japan, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen)
1661 Pieter Claesz Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
1701 Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at 64
1716 William Wycherley dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
1730 Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82
1753 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer, dies at 55
1758 Johann F von Cronegk German playwright (Codrus), dies at 26
1766 Frans E Jacobus III Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
1768 Jean-Laurent Krafft composer, dies at 73
1777 Emanuele Barbella composer, dies at 58
1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs composer, dies at 66
1782 Johann Christian Bach German composer/Mozarts tutor, dies at 46
1784 Patrice F earl de N‚ny South Neth Secret Council chairman, dies at 67
1787 Arthur Middleton US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44
1789 Christleib Siegmund Binder composer, dies at 65
1800 Louis J M Daubenton France, zoologist, dies
1816 Fran‡ois Alexander Sallantin composer, dies at 60
1817 Martin H Klaproth Germany, chemist, dies at 73
Martin H Klaproth German chemist (uranium), dies at 73
1818 Fedele Fenaroli composer, dies at 87
1850 Raphael G Kiesewetter Austria musicologist dies at 76
1906 Joseph Miroslav Weber composer, dies at 51
1907 Cyrill Kistler composer, dies at 58
1919 William W Campbell Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60
1920 Paul Adam French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57
1942 Jaroslav Jezek composer, dies at 35
1945 Vit Nejedly composer, dies at 33
1948 Hermann K J Zilcher German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66
Willem Louis Frederic Landre composer, dies at 74
1949 Malcolm Campbell English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
1953 Hank Williams country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 30
Ludomir R¢zycki Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68
1957 Ruth Draper US lecture artist, dies
1958 David Broekman musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
1960 Margaret Sullavan actress (Back Street), dies at 48
1961 Dashiell Hammett author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
1964 Otto Emanuel Olsson composer, dies at 84
Rika Hopper actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86
1965 Gertrude Michael actress, dies at 53
Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo composer, dies at 66
1966 Vincent Auriol President of France (1947-53), dies at 82
1967 Moon Mullican rocker, dies at 58
1969 Barton Maclane actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
Ian Fleming writer (James Bond), dies at 80
1972 Jane Morgan actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
Kenneth Patchen US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60
Maurice A Chevalier French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
1975 Arthur Pierson actor/director dies at 73
1980 Frank Clifford Wykoff sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
Pietro Nenni Italian politician (Socialists), dies at 88
1982 Paul Belmondo French sculptor (De baadster, Orl‚ans), dies
Victor Buono actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
Vladimir K Zworykin Russ/American sculptor, dies
1987 Gustav Knuth actor (Heidi, Rats), dies at 85
1988 Leo Steiner NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1990 Charles Boost film critic, dies
Gerhard Schr”der West German minister of Defense, dies
Suzuki Sochu Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1991 Charles B Timmer interpreter/writer (Russia black on white), dies
Yvonne Waegemans Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies
1992 Constantin Poustochkine jazz critic, dies
Corky Geil dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64
Ginette Leclerc actress (Baker's Wife), dies at 79
Hette G Abma vicar/member of Dutch parliament (SGP), dies
Mike Frankovich US producer (Guess who's coming to dinner), dies
1993 June Clayworth actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma
Phyllis Hill actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
1994 Cesar Romero US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
Werner Schwab Austrian playwright (Presidentes), dies at 35
1995 Frederick West Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53
Jess Stacy US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
Ted Hawkins US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
Holidays Which Occur January 1:
7th Day of Kwanzaa - Imani (Faith)
Alabama Mobile Carnival
Australia Independence Day (1901)
Brunei Independence Day (1984)
Cameroon Independence Day (1960)
Cuba Revolution Day (1959)
Haiti Independence Day (1804)
Japan New Year (year = AD + 660)
Mozambique Universal Fraternity
Netherlands Day of Peace
Palestine Fatah Day
Pasadena, Calif Tournament of Roses Parade
Philadelphia Mummers' Parade
Sudan Independence Day (1956)
Western Samoa Independence Day (1962)
102 Capetown, South Africa Coon Carnival
Taiwan Foundation of the Republic
Religious Observances on January 1:
Ang, Luth Feast of Holy Name of Jesus
Christian Feast of St Odilo
RC Euphrosyne [Smaragdus]
RC Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
RC Telemachus, monk
Unification Church God's Day
old RC Commemoration of Circumcision of Jesus
104 Brazil, El Salvador feast of "Boa Viagem"
379 Orth St Basil's Day (1/14 NS)
Things to Remember for January 1:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
Start of a new year... Enjoy the bowl games
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Januarius (Kalend Jan) [New Year's]
[Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Aruba, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Bahamas,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central Afr Rep,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,] Fiscal Year Begins
[El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France,] Fiscal Year Begins
[French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon,] Fiscal Year Begins
[German DR, German FR, Ghana, Greece, Greenland,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Jordan, Korea, North, Korea, South, Lebanon,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Martinique,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Mauritania, Mayotte, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka,] Fiscal Year Begins
[St Kitts & Nevis, St Pierre & Miquelon, Suriname,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Tunisia, Turkey, Turks & Caicos Islands,] Fiscal Year Begins
[United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USSR, Vanuatu,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa,] Fiscal Year Begins
[Zaire, Zambia] Fiscal Year Begins
4 Days Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes
19 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
Highlights in History Which Occur January 1:
1 -BC- Origin of Era of Pisa
and Origin of Christian Era
30 -BC- Origin of Actian Era
38 -BC- Origin of Era of Spain (C‘sars)
45 -BC- Origin of Julian Era; Julian calendar begins
69 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
89 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Friesland
1504 King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta
1515 Fran‡ois, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Fran‡ois I of France
and Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
1651 Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
and General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
and Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
1672 Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris
1673 Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston
1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Arag¢n becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth
1689 Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York
1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
and Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
1772 1st traveller's checks issued (London)
1776 Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
1788 London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
and Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
1800 United East Indies Company opens
1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid #1 Ceres
and Ireland & Great Britain (England & Scotland) form United Kingdom
1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
and Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti
1807 Cura‡ao is taken by English (until March, 1816)
1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
and Congress prohibits importation of slaves
and Sierra Leone becomes a British colony
1809 Holland Brigade under brig gen Chass‚ reaches Madrid
1814 Fieldmarshal Blchers troops attack Kaub the Rhine
1818 Official reopening of the White House
1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
1827 Dutch Business begins opium traffic in Java
1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
1833 British government demands Falkland islands
and Cura‡ao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves
1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC
1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC
1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Current (3x per week)
1846 Yucatan declares independence from M‚xico
1847 Neth's Haarlem's Current becomes newspaper
1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
1852 1st US public bath opens, in NYC
and National debt of Britain & Ireland is œ765,126,582
and Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
1860 Slavery ends of in Neth Indies
1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico
and Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1862 Battle of Ft McRee, FL
Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
and Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
and Battle of Helena, AK
and Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln
and Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig
1865 -Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign
1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
1873 Origin of Japanese Era
1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
1879 John Brahms' Concerto in D major, premieres
1880 Building of Panama Canal, begins
1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
1886 1st Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif
1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
and King Pakketvaart sails to Neth Indies
1892 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
and Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
1893 1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
and Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time
and Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time
1896 Wilhelm R”ntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1897 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay
and d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
1900 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
and British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established
and Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
1901 Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies
1902 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
and Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
1904 Neth Indies colony begins opium production
1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
1907 Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9«-hour work day
and South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
and Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
and Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
and Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
and 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
1919 Belorussian SSR established
1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V”lkische Block replaces NSDAP
1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
1927 Communist uprising in West Java
1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
and Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1105 Fragaria
and Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
and Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #1214 Richilde
and Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
and International Telecommunication Union established
1935 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
and Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
and Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
and Pres Moestafa Kemal Pasja names himself "Atatrk: Father of Turkey"
1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
and Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
and US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
and Russian general Zjoekov appointed chief of general staff
1942 Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
and US & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
1943 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to lt-colonel
1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC
and Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
and Gen Clark replaces Gen Patton as commander of 7th army
1945 France joins the UN
and German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
and Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
and National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
and Britain nationalizes its coal industry
and WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
1948 1st newsreel in color filmed, Pasadena, Calif
and Britain nationalizes its railways
and General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective
and Italy adopts constitution
and Orissa province accedes to India
1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
and KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
and Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
1950 Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally Ÿ 5 per week
and Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
1952 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 5th string quartet
1953 Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres
and WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
and Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
and WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
and Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
and WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
and KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
and KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
and Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK
and WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince & the Pauper," premieres in London
and France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
and International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
and European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
and Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
and WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
and Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1960 Bank of France issues a franc, worth 20›
and Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
and Montserrat adopts constitution
and US census at 179,245,000
1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
and Largest check issued, Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
and Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
1962 Beatles' Decca audition
and Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
and Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand
Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
and WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
and KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
and KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 International Cooperation Year begins
and Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC subway
and Milt coup by Col Jean-B‚del Bokassa in Central African Republic
and Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3335
and Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
1967 CRU becomes the CAFA & turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
and FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
and Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
and KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
and St Helena adopts constitution
and Tonga revises constitution
and WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
and Cesco & A Samuel discovers asteroid #1917 Cuyo
and Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump C‘sar's Palace Fountain
and Netherlands gets color TV
and WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for
"NOT" arguing with the referee
and VAT forms
1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
and Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
and Neth Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
and Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
1972 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
and International Book Year begins
and KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
and West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
and World Population Year begins
1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
and International Women's Year begins
and Sweden adopts constitution
1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
and Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
and Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
and Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
and Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
1978 Air India 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
and Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
1979 International Year of the Child begins
and Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
and US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
and Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
and International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
and Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
and Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
and Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1981 E Bowell disc asteroids 2357 Phereclos, 2761 Eddington & 3197 Weissman
and Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
and Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
and International Year for the Disabled begins
and Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
and Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
and Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
and Javier P‚rez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
and MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system
and Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
and TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system
1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
and Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
and World Communications Year begins
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
and Brunei becomes independent of UK
and NYC transit fare rises from 75› to 90›
1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married
and International Youth Year begins
1986 Aruba becomes independent from Kingdom of the Netherlands
and Barbra Striesand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up
and International Peace Year begins
and NYC transit fare rises from 90› to $1.00
and Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
and Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community
Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4
and times in his last game-the Rose Bowl
1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
and China's rudimentary civil code in effect
and International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
and Year of the Reader begins
1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
1989 Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
and NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
and Year of the Young Reader begins
1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of NYC
and Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
and NYC MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
and Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over
and cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR
and Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian Pres Hosi Mubarak
1992 Bush is 1st US pres to address Australian Parliament
and Cura‡ao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
and Europe breaks down trade barriers
and International Space Year begins
and NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
and Cigarette advertisements are banned in NYC's MTA
and Czechoslovakia separates into Bohemia & Slovakia
and Harry Connick Jr arrested at a NY airport for gun possession
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
and International Year of Family
and Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
and Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
1995 Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union
and Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
and Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
and International Year of Tolerance
1996 Cura‡ao was scheduled to gain self rule (postponed)
1999 International Year of Elderly
2015 Asteroid 1989FC closest approach to Earth
2304 Mid-CALENDAR day
4713 -BC- Julian Year 1 begins, at Greenwich mean noon (OS)
4714 -BC- Origin of Julian Period (Year 0) (OS)
5777 -BC- Origin of Solar Cycle
6000 1st reversible date since 11/11/1999
Your Special Reminders for January 1:
1918 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1966 62øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1st day of year with 364 remaining (Numerology = 2)
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