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