| The month of January is a special month as: January 1, | | | | were made in Britain, with persons over 70 receiving |
| or January the first, is of course the first day of the | | | | five shillings (25p) a week.1912 - The Republic of China |
| calendar year. This is true in both the Julian and | | | | is established.1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. |
| Gregorian calendars. I'm referring to the standard | | | | federal prison.1970 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 |
| calendar year, in which months are ordered: January, | | | | UTC.1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on |
| February, March, April, May, June, July, August, | | | | American television.1984 - AT&T is broken up into |
| September, October, November, December. It used to | | | | twenty-two independent units.1985 - The Internet's |
| be in history that the first day of a medieval Julian new | | | | Domain Name System is created.1985 - The first |
| year was a day other than January 1. January 1st was | | | | British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to |
| adopted as the first day of the Julian year by all | | | | Vodafone.1992 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first |
| Western European countries except England between | | | | President of the United States of America to address |
| about 1440 and 1610. After the first of January 364 | | | | the Australian Parliament.1994 - The North American |
| days in the year exist(365 in leap years).Great events | | | | Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.1995 - The |
| that have occurent on this day throughout history | | | | World Trade Organization comes into effect.1995 - |
| are:45 BC - The Julian calendar first takes effect.404 - | | | | The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria |
| Last known gladiator competition in Rome takes | | | | and Finland are admitted into the European Union.1998 - |
| place.630 - Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with | | | | Smoking is banned in all bars and restaurants in the |
| the army that will capture it bloodlessly.1651 - Charles II | | | | State of California.1999 - The Euro currency is |
| crowned King of Scotland1673 - Regular mail delivery | | | | introduced.2001 - January 1st marked the first Day of |
| begins between New York and Boston.1788 - First | | | | the Third Millennium.The beginning of a new year |
| edition of The Times of London is published1797 - | | | | marks alot of change for alot of us. Think in your own |
| Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New | | | | life to New Years resolutions, Financial and personal |
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| discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.1808 - Importation of | | | | new year I wish you the best!Feel free to reprint this |
| slaves into the United States is banned1894 - The | | | | article as long as you keep the article, this caption and |
| Manchester Ship Canal, England, was officially opened | | | | author biography in tact with all hyperlinks.Ryan Fyfe is |
| to traffic.1898 - New York City annexes land from | | | | the owner and operator of January S - which is the |
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| York.1908 - The first payments of old-age pensions | | | | information. |