January 1
- 0001 Origin of Christian Era
- 0045 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
- 0069 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
- 0089 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
- 0153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
- 0313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
- 0404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
- 0404 The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
- 0414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
- 0630 Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
- 0722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
- 0898 The Carolingian king Odo of the West Franks dies
- 0990 Kievan Ruses adopt the Julian calendar.
- 0990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
- 1259 Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
- 1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
- 1438 Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
- 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
- 1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
- 1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- 1515 King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
- 1527 Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
- 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
- 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
- 1583 First day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
- 1600 Scotland begins using the Julian calendar.
- 1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
- 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
- 1660 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
- 1660 Samuel Pepys starts his diary.
- 1660 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
- 1660 UK hist Samuel Pepys starts his diary
- 1672 Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris
- 1673 Regular mail delivery begins between NY and 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
- 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
- 1701 Great Britain & Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
- 1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
- 1739 Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- 1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
- 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]
- 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
- 1772 The firt traveler's checks issued (London)
- 1776 Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
- 1776 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
- 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.
- 1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
- 1785 UK hist John Walter publishes first edition of The Times (called The Daily Universal Register for 3 years)
- 1788 First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
- 1788 London's Daily Universal Register becomes the Times
- 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
- 1797 Albany replaces Kingston as the capital of New York State.
- 1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
- 1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
- 1800 The Dutch East India Company ceases to exist.
- 1801 Dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
- 1801 Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 1804 French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and first country independent in the West Indies.
- 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
- 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti from France
- 1806 The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
- 1807 Cura‡ao is taken by English (until March, 1816)
- 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
- 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
- 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
- 1808 The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
- 1809 Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chassé reaches Madrid
- 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
- 1814 UK hist Invasion of France by Allies
- 1818 Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is published.
- 1818 Official reopening of the White House
- 1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies
- 1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
- 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
- 1833 British government demands Falkland islands
- 1833 Cura‡ao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves
- 1833 Curaçao census 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves
- 1833 United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- 1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
- 1838 The first 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 Daily (3x per week)
- 1845 The Cobble Hill Tunnel, in Brooklyn, was finished.
- 1846 Yucatan declares independence from M‚xico
- 1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
- 1847 Neth's Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
- 1847 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
- 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
- 1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
- 1852 1st US public bath opens, in NYC
- 1852 National debt of Britain and Ireland is œ765,126,582
- 1852 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
- 1852 The first US public bath opens in New York City NY
- 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
- 1853 The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
- 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
- 1855 UK hist Registration of births, marriages & deaths made compulsory in Scotland
- 1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
- 1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
- 1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
- 1861 Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
- 1861 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
- 1862 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
- 1862 Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)
- 1862 The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
- 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
- 1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
- 1863 Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig
- 1863 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
- 1865 -Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign
- 1870 First edition of The Northern Echo newspaper is published.
- 1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
- 1873 Origin of Japanese Era
- 1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
- 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)
- 1876 The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
- 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
- 1877 Queen Victoria of Britain is proclaimed Empress of India.
- 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
- 1880 Building of Panama Canal, begins
- 1880 Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
- 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.
- 1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
- 1886 The first Tournament of Roses, Pasadena CA
- 1887 Queen Victoria is proclaimed empress of India in Delhi.
- 1890 Eritrea consolidates into a colony by the Italian government.
- 1890 First use of football goal nets in England.
- 1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
- 1891 King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies
- 1892 Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States.
- 1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally opens.
- 1893 1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
- 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
- 1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time
- 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
- 1894 The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
- 1894 UK hist Manchester Ship Canal opens
- 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
- 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
- 1898 Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City.
- 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay
- 1898 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)
- 1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
- 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
- 1901 Australia becomes a Commonwealth under British rule.
- 1901 Caleb Bradham, founder of Pepsi-Cola, was married to Charity Credle - USA
- 1901 Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- 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.
- 1901 The French rugby team play their first Test against the New Zealand All Blacks.
- 1901 The first official Mummers Parade is held.
- 1902 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
- 1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
- 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.
- 1904 Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
- 1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
- 1906 British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time
- 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
- 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.
- 1908 Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
- 1908 The first time, a ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
- 1909 Drilling began on the Lakeview Gusher.
- 1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
- 1909 UK hist Old Age Pensions Act came into force
- 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.
- 1910 Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
- 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9«-hour work day
- 1911 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)
- 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
- 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
- 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
- 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
- 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
- 1914 The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles.
- 1915 DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
- 1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
- 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
- 1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
- 1916 German troops abandon Yaound and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
- 1919 Belorussian SSR established
- 1919 Edsel Ford succeeded his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
- 1920 The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
- 1922 The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus.
- 1922 Vancouver, BC, Canada starts driving on the right side of road
- 1923 Britains Railways are grouped into the Big Four, LNER, GWR, SR, LMSR.
- 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
- 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V”lkische Block replaces NSDAP
- 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
- 1925 The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
- 1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
- 1927 Communist uprising in West Java
- 1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
- 1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
- 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.
- 1928 The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
- 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
- 1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
- 1930 Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
- 1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
- 1930 Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.
- 1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
- 1932 Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
- 1934 Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
- 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
- 1934 International Telecommunication Union established
- 1934 Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
- 1935 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
- 1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
- 1935 Bucknell University wins the first Orange Bowl 260 over the University of Miami.
- 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
- 1935 Pres Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
- 1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"
- 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
- 1936 The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune
- 1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
- 1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
- 1937 Safety glass in windshields became mandatory in Great Britain.
- 1937 The first Cotton Bowl game is played in Dallas, Texas. TCU defeats Marquette University 166.
- 1937 US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
- 1939 Sydney, Australia swelters in 45C (113F) heat, a record for the city.
- 1939 The first Vienna New Year's Concert is held.
- 1939 William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
- 1940 Visitor posting - gary eylar born. My pet dog is called bud - USA
- 1941 Formal opening of CBC News Service in canada
- 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
- 1941 Russian General Zhukov appointed chief of General staff
- 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.
- 1942 Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
- 1942 The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
- 1942 The U.S. Office of Production Management prohibited sales of new cars and trucks to civilians.
- 1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
- 1943 Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown
- 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC
- 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
- 1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
- 1944 The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY
- 1945 France is admitted to the United Nations.
- 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
- 1945 In retaliation of the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
- 1946 ENIAC, US first computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
- 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
- 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
- 1946 The first civil flight from Heathrow Airport occurs.
- 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
- 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
- 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.
- 1947 UK hist Coal Mines nationalised
- 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1948 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena Calif)]=
- 1948 After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.
- 1948 Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the 3rd Test vs India
- 1948 British railways are nationalised to form British Rail.
- 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective
- 1948 Italy adopts constitution
- 1948 Orissa province accedes to India
- 1948 The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
- 1948 UK hist British Railways nationalised
- 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1949 The British Nationality Act 1948 comes into force.
- 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
- 1949 United Nation cease-fire orders to operate in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
- 1950 Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally Ÿ 5 per week
- 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China
- 1950 The state of Ajaigarh acceded to the Government of India.
- 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
- 1953 Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies
- 1953 Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres
- 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
- 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
- 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
- 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
- 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 Progressing new year event that panic and stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
- 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK
- 1956 Visitor posting - Graham Tainsh Downie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
- 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
- 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic
- 1957 George Town, Penang became a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
- 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
- 1958 Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
- 1958 Treaties establish European Economic Community (Common Market)
- 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
- 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
- 1959 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin.
- 1959 Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
- 1959 Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
- 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta
- 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20›
- 1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
- 1960 Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars
- 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution
- 1960 The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1960 US census at 179,245,000
- 1961 Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium
- 1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
- 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
- 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
- 1961 UK hist Farthing ceases to be legal tender in UK
- 1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
- 1962 Navy SEAL teams established
- 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
- 1962 United States Navy SEALs established.
- 1962 Visitor posting - January 1, 1962 Happy Birthday Valerie, from your sister, Melody
- 1962 Visitor posting - The newly opened St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK welcomes it's first newborn- Deborah L. Hudson. - USA
- 1962 Visitor posting - happy birthday to Karen Mahoney-Butler - USA
- 1962 Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
- 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
- 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
- 1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
- 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
- 1964 UK hist First 'Top of the Pops' on BBC TV
- 1965 International Cooperation Year begins
- 1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
- 1965 The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in Kabul.
- 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC subway
- 1966 A twelve day New York City transit strike begins.
- 1966 After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bdel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
- 1966 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
- 1966 Military coup by Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
- 1966 Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
- 1967 CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
- 1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots
- 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
- 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
- 1967 KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
- 1967 St Helena adopts constitution
- 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.
- 1967 Tonga revises constitution
- 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
- 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain in Las Vegas
- 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
- 1968 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
- 1969 Number one hit on UK music charts - Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
- 1970 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
- 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
- 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
- 1970 Neth Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
- 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
- 1970 Unix time begins.
- 1970 Visitor posting - David J Minehart is born - USA
- 1971 Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1971 UK hist Divorce Reform Act (1969) comes into force
- 1972 "Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 690 performances
- 1972 "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 65 performances
- 1972 "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 1281 performances
- 1972 Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
- 1972 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
- 1972 International Book Year begins
- 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1972 People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebulic of China
- 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
- 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
- 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.
- 1973 UK hist Britain enters EEC Common Market (with Ireland and Denmark)
- 1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
- 1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin
- 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
- 1974 World Population Year begins
- 1975 Establishment of the Office of Australian War Graves to take over the responsibilities of the Anzac Agency
- 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
- 1975 International Women's Year begins
- 1975 Sweden adopts constitution
- 1976 "Musical Jubilee" closes at St James Theater NYC after 92 performances
- 1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
- 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
- 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
- 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
- 1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
- 1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
- 1977 First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
- 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
- 1978 "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum NYC after 429 perfs
- 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
- 1978 President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909
- 1979 Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.
- 1979 International Year of the Child begins
- 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
- 1979 US and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
- 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
- 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
- 1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
- 1980 International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins
- 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
- 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal
- 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
- 1980 Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
- 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
- 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
- 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
- 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
- 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
- 1981 The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.
- 1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
- 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
- 1982 Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN
- 1982 MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system
- 1982 Peruvian Javier Prez de Cullar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
- 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
- 1982 TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system
- 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
- 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
- 1983 The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
- 1983 World Communications Year begins
- 1984 AT& T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into 8 individual firms.
- 1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK
- 1984 NYC transit fare rises from 75› to 90›
- 1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢
- 1984 The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1985 Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)
- 1985 International Youth Year begins
- 1985 The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
- 1985 The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
- 1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
- 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
- 1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curacao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)
- 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
- 1986 International Peace Year begins
- 1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl
- 1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
- 1986 Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market (European Economic Community)
- 1986 The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
- 1986 Visitor posting - bob bobson born. called bob - United Kingdom
- 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
- 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
- 1987 Year of the Reader begins
- 1988 Actress Kelly McGillis marries Fred Tillman
- 1988 Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
- 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
- 1988 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
- 1989 The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
- 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
- 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as first black mayor of New York City NY
- 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
- 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
- 1990 NYC MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
- 1990 New York City NY MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
- 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
- 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in USSR
- 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
- 1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide
- 1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes UN Secretary-General
- 1992 Bush is 1st US pres to address Australian Parliament
- 1992 Cura‡ao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
- 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
- 1992 International Space Year begins
- 1992 NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
- 1992 Visitor posting - Martin A Nelson Schommer I was born to greatest Mom and Dad - USA
- 1992 Visitor posting - Martin Schommer I was born to the Greatest Mom and Dad - USA
- 1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
- 1993 A single market within the European Community is introduced.
- 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
- 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia
- 1993 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
- 1993 Harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
- 1993 Visitor posting - Andrew Camp was born - USA
- 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs
- 1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs
- 1994 Actor Cesar Romero dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 86.
- 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
- 1994 Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO, marries Marilyn French.
- 1994 Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13
- 1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
- 1994 Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
- 1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
- 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
- 1994 The European Economic Area comes into effect.
- 1994 The International Tropical Timber Agreement comes into effect.
- 1994 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
- 1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 perfs
- 1995 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances
- 1995 Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union
- 1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
- 1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
- 1995 Firecrackers are banned in Vietnam on Tt because of safety reasons.
- 1995 Jean-Claude Juncker assumes as Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
- 1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
- 1995 Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for first wicket for Delhi
- 1995 The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
- 1995 The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
- 1995 The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
- 1995 for"Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC 20 performances
- 1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
- 1996 Curaao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- 1997 Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
- 1997 The Republic of Zare officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zare.
- 1998 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free
- 1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
- 1998 The European Central Bank is established.
- 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.
- 1998 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
- 1999 The Euro currency is introduced.
- 1999 The Polish administrative region of Opole Voivodeship is created, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czstochowa Voivodeship.
- 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
- 1999 Visitor posting - january 1 1999 athena deboerdere is born
- 2000 As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer 'millennium bug'.
- 2000 Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millenium
- 2000 Hama Amadou assumes as Prime Minister of Niger.
- 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
- 2001 Tommy Remengesau assumes as president of Palau.
- 2001 UK hist Real millennium celebrations begin!!
- 2001 Visitor posting - Rochel Halprin died of breast cancer - USA
- 2002 Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
- 2002 Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
- 2002 The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
- 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 62½p at this time
- 2003 Luiz Incio Lula da Silva assumes as the President of Brazil.
- 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(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
- 2006 The Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation.
- 2007 Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
- 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.
- 2007 Hong Kong: a smoking ban in public places comes into effect.
- 2007 UK hist Further enlargement of the European Union to include Bulgaria and Romania
- 2008 Visitor posting - Eliot and Christina are engaged
- 2011 Visitor posting - Adam Jett Knight born in Greensboro, North Carolina - USA
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