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| Birthday January 01, 1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, (The Magnificent) of Florence |
| Birthday January 01, 1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer |
| Birthday January 01, 1735 Paul Revere, US patriot and The British are coming |
| Birthday January 01, 1745 General Anthony Wayne, military leader ("Mad Anthony") |
| Birthday January 01, 1752 Elizabeth Griscom, (Betsy) Ross--flag maker |
| Birthday January 01, 1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet and friend of Matthew Arnold |
| Birthday January 01, 1854 Sir James Frazer, British anthropologist and author (The Golden Bough) |
| Birthday January 01, 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography |
| Birthday January 01, 1867 Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields) |
| Birthday January 01, 1873 Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies and The Bosses) |
| Birthday January 01, 1879 E.M. Forster is born |
| Birthday January 01, 1879 E.M. Forster, English novelist (Howard's End and A Passage to India) |
| Birthday January 01, 1895 J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI |
| Birthday January 01, 1900 Xavier Cugat, Bandleader |
| Birthday January 01, 1909 Barry Goldwater (R), former US senator from Arizona |
| Birthday January 01, 1909 John Glenn, astronaut |
| Birthday January 01, 1909 Dana Andrews, Actor (Battle of the Bulge and Laura) |
| Birthday January 01, 1911 Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer |
| Birthday January 01, 1919 J D Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye' |
| Birthday January 01, 1919 Carole Landis |
| Birthday January 01, 1922 Ernest Hollings (D), US senator from SC |
| Birthday January 01, 1925 George Conner, NFL tackle and linebacker (Chicago Bears) |
| Birthday January 01, 1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Russian choreographer |
| Birthday January 01, 1932 Terry Moore, in Los Angeles Calif |
| Birthday January 01, 1942 Country Joe McDonald |
| Birthday January 01, 1942 Gennadi V. Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 15) |
| History January 01, 0000 New Year's Day |
| History January 01, 0000 B.C. Julian calendar begins at Greenwich mean noon |
| History January 01, 1643 Isaac Newton baptized in St. John's Church in Colsterworth England |
| History January 01, 1781 Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line |
| History January 01, 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland established |
| History January 01, 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discoved 1st asteroid later named Ceres |
| History January 01, 1803 Haitian independence proclaimed |
| History January 01, 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) |
| History January 01, 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves |
| History January 01, 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua |
| History January 01, 1863 A Nebraska farmer files the first homestead claim |
| History January 01, 1863 Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation |
| History January 01, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect |
| History January 01, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect |
| History January 01, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln |
| History January 01, 1876 First modern Mummers' Parade |
| History January 01, 1892 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY - Ellis Island became reception center for new immigrants |
| History January 01, 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opened to traffic |
| History January 01, 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay |
| History January 01, 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day) |
| History January 01, 1901 Commonwealth of Australia established |
| History January 01, 1902 1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena California |
| History January 01, 1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (763 miles) |
| History January 01, 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries |
| History January 01, 1915 British ship Formidable is torpedoed |
| History January 01, 1915 Sneak preview of The Birth of a Nation |
| History January 01, 1919 Edsel Ford succeeds father as president of Ford |
| History January 01, 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantees) effective |
| History January 01, 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison |
| History January 01, 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues NY Herald Tribune |
| History January 01, 1942 United Nations created |
| History January 01, 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
| History January 01, 1946 Hidden Japanese surrender after Pacific War has ended |
| History January 01, 1948 1st newsreel in color Pasadena Ca |
| History January 01, 1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts |
| History January 01, 1956 Sudan gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| History January 01, 1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 |
| History January 01, 1958 European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation |
| History January 01, 1958 Inmate Merle Haggard hears Johnny Cash play San Quentin State Prison |
| History January 01, 1959 Cuban dictator Batista falls from power |
| History January 01, 1960 Cameroon gains independence from France |
| History January 01, 1962 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand |
| History January 01, 1962 Beatles Decca audition |
| History January 01, 1965 International Cooperation Year |
| History January 01, 1966 1st Marine Division advance elements arrive |
| History January 01, 1967 Operation Sam Houston begins |
| History January 01, 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV |
| History January 01, 1972 International Book Year |
| History January 01, 1973 The real-life murder behind Looking For Mr. Goodbar |
| History January 01, 1973 Britain Ireland & Denmark join Common Market |
| History January 01, 1974 World Population Year |
| History January 01, 1975 International Women's Year |
| History January 01, 1978 Pres. Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 |
| History January 01, 1978 Air India jet crashes just after takeoff |
| History January 01, 1979 International Year of the Child |
| History January 01, 1980 Decade of Water & Sanitation |
| History January 01, 1981 International Year for Disabled |
| History January 01, 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is.) becomes self-governing |
| History January 01, 1983 World Communications Year |
| History January 01, 1984 AT & T broken up into 8 companies |
| History January 01, 1984 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain |
| History January 01, 1985 International Youth Year |
| History January 01, 1986 International Peace Year |
| History January 01, 1986 Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market |
| History January 01, 1987 Internat'l Year of Shelter |
| History January 01, 1988 NY Carnegie Deli's owner Leo Steiner dies |
| History January 01, 2304 Mid- CALENDAR day |