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379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia)
898 Odo, Paris, King of France (888-98)
1387 Charles de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87)
1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
1515 Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist
1618 Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist (baptised)
1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
1729 Edmund Burke, famous Whig (Reflections on the Revolution)
1735 Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne, general
1752 Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker
1815 Charles Renouvier, French philospher (neocriticism)
1817 Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist
1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
1819 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)
1838 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1854 Sir James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
1861 Isaac Murphy, thoroughbred jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%)
1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)
1864 Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography
1867 Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields)
1873 Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
1875 Charles Rist, French economist
1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
1879 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
1879 William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
1880 Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
1883 Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)
1883 Ko Arnoldi, actor/director
1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence
1889 Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor
1889 Charles Bickford, Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian)
1892 Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, comductor
1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
1895 J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
1895 Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
1897 Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
19-- Alexia Robinson, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Total Recall, Gen Hospital)
19-- Rick Hurst, Houston Tx, actor (Dukes of Hazzard)
19-- Stephanie Faracy, Bkln NY, actress (Judy-Thorn Birds)
1900 Xavier Cugat, Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1905 Melvin Price, (Rep-D-IL, 1945- )
1906 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1909 Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- /Pres candidate (R) 1964)
1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
1910 Bernard Printer, organist/pianist/orch leader (Folies-Bergres)
1911 Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1912 Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole
1912 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, swimmer, (WR 100m 1:04.06)
1919 Bernard Drukker, organist/pianist/orch leader (Duivelswiel)
1919 Carole Landis, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
1919 J F "Jerome David" Salinger, author (Catcher in the Rye)
1921 Alain Mimoun-o-Kacha, France, world cross-country champion
1922 Ernest F Hollings, (Sen-D-SC, 1966- )
1923 Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
1925 George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1925 Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
1927 Maurice B‚jart, France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
1927 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)
1930 Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco)
1932 Arnfried GD P, pharmaceutical manufacturer
1932 Giuseppe Patan, Naples Italy, conductor
1933 Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist
1936 Eve Queler, NYC, conductor
1936 Willy White, long jumper
1938 Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981- )
1940 Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs)
1942 Country Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula Oh, comedian (SNL)
1942 Gennadi V Sarafanov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1942 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)
1947 Vladimir G Titov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, T-9, T-10)
1953 Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, cosmonaut
1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Kiss, Gorky Park)
1958 Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Sadler], rocker (Message)
1958 Ren Woods, Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
1966 Rawley Valberde, Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
1967 Andy Heck, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawk)
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Passings for January 01


379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies
898 Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies
962 Boudewijn III, count of Flanders, dies
1387 Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies
1502 Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
1515 Louis XII, Father of People, King of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
1517 Hermann de Jonge Vischer, German bronze merchant, dies
1559 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1560 Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
1766 Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
1800 Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies
1817 Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies
1953 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies
1953 Ludomir Rozycki, 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
1961 Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
1964 Rika Hopper, actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86?
1969 Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
1972 Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
1972 Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60
1972 Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies
1980 Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
1982 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orl‚ans), dies
1982 Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1982 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American sculptor, dies
1988 Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1990 Charles Boost, film critic, dies
1990 Gerhard Schr”der, West German minister of Defense, dies
1991 Charles B Timmer, interpreter/writer (Russia black on white), dies
1991 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies
1992 Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
1992 Hette G Abma, vicar/member of Dutch parliament (SGP), dies
1992 Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess who's coming to dinner), dies
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Holidays for January 01


Kwanzaa Ends
[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
[Pasadena, Calif] Tournament of Roses Parade
[Philadelphia] Mummers' Parade
[Sudan] Independence Day (1956)
[Western Samoa] Independence Day (1962)
[Scotland] Handsel Monday
102 [Capetown, South Africa] Coon Carnival
102 [Taiwan] Foundation of the Republic
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Interest events for January 01


[Ang, Luth] Feast of Holy Name of Jesus
[Christian] Feast of St Odilo
[RC] Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
[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)
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Special events for January 01
Start of a new year... Enjoy the bowl games
[Roman calendar] Kalend‘ Januarius in Kalend Jan
[Rome] Kalend‘ Januarius (Kalend Jan) [New Year's]
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif
0105 Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes
0120 Astrological sign: Capricorn
1 -BC- Origin of Era of Pisa
1 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
313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
1515 Francis, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Francis I of Frane
1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Belgium
1618 Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo baptised
1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
1673 Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston
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)
1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
1788 London's Daily Universal Registar becomes the Times
1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid #1 Ceres
1801 Ireland & Great Britain (England & Scotland) form United Kingdom
1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti
1807 Cura‡ao is taken by English (until March, 1816)
1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1809 Holland Brigade under brig gen Chass‚ defeats Madrid
1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
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
1846 Yucatan declares independence from M‚xico
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 & Ireland is œ765,126,582
1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico
1861 Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
1863 Battle of Helena, AK
1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln
1863 Naval Engagement at Galveston, TX - attack on blockade fleet
1865 -Apr 26th) Carolinas' campaign
1873 Origin of Japanese Era
1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
1879 Brahms' violin concerto in D major premiers
1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
1886 1st Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif
1892 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
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
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
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 & Southern Nigeria established
1900 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)
1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
1907 Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1911 Belgian Mining law ends 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 & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
1919 Belorussian SSR established
1920 League of Nations forms
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
1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1105 Fragaria
1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1932 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1214 Richilde
1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
1934 International Telecommunication Union established
1935 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
1935 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
1937 US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
1942 Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
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
1945 France joins the UN
1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
1948 1st newsreel in color filmed, Pasadena, Calif
1948 Britain nationalizes its railways
1948 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective
1948 Italy adopts constitution
1948 Orissa province accedes to India
1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
1950 Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally Ÿ 5 per week
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
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 & 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 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK
1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
1958 European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
1958 Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
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
1960 Bank of France issues a franc, worth 20›
1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
1960 Montserrat adopts constitution
1960 US census at 179,245,000
1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
1961 Largest check issued, Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
1962 Beatles' Decca audition
1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
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
1965 International Cooperation Year begins
1966 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3335
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 Tonga revises constitution
1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
1968 Cesco & A Samuel discovers asteroid #1917 Cuyo
1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump C‘sar's Palace Fountain
1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
1972 International Book Year begins
1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1974 World Population Year begins
1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
1975 International Women's Year begins
1975 Sweden adopts constitution
1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
1978 Air India 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1978 Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
1979 International Year of the Child begins
1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
1979 US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
1981 E Bowell disc asteroids 2357 Phereclos, 2761 Eddington & 3197 Weissman
1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
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
1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
1983 PGA inaugrates all-exempt tour
1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
1983 World Communications Year begins
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK
1984 NYC transit fare rises from 75› to 90›
1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married
1985 International Youth Year begins
1986 Aruba becomes independent part of Kingdom of the Netherlands
1986 International Peace Year begins
1986 NYC transit fare rises from 90› to $1.00
1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
1987 Year of the Reader begins
1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
1989 Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
1989 NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1dst black mayor of NYC
1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR
1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian Pres Hosi Mubarak
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
1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in NYC's MTA
1993 Harry Connick Jr arrested at a NY airport for gun posession
1996 Cura‡ao gains self rule
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
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Facts for January 01


1st day of the year with 364 remaining (Numerology = 2)
1918 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1966 62øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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Songs released on January 01


01/01/55 --- Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine --- Cowboy Church Sunday School
01/01/66 --- Must To Avoid, A --- Herman's Hermits

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