What Happened On January 1

What Happened On Jan 1 Events

1776 Jan 1 Burning of Norfolk
The Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred during the American Revolutionary War. On January 1, 1776, by the order of John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Royal Governor of the Colo...
1804 Jan 1 Jean Jacques Dessalines Declares Haiti's Independence with Himself as Emperor
On January 1, 1804 Dessalines then declared independence, reclaiming the indigenous Taíno name of Haiti ("Land of Mountains") for the new nation. Most of the remaining French colonists fl...
1818 Jan 1 'Frankenstein' is Published
Over the course of time, Frankenstein's monster has usurped the very name of his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the precocious student of natural philosophy from Geneva, where Mary Shelley...
1863 Jan 1 Abraham Lincoln Presents Final Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
In the Second Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln also formally recognised the right of black men to enlist in the army, and shortly afterwards the first all-black division, the 54th Massa...
1863 Jan 1 Second Battle of Galveston
Description: Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, who became the Confederate commander of military forces in Texas on November 29, 1862, gave the recapture of Galveston top priority. At 3:00 am on...
1892 Jan 1 First Immigrants Pass through Ellis Island on way to US Citizenship
On January 1, 1892, a fifteen-year old Irish girl named Annie Moore became the first of the more than twelve million immigrants who would pass through the doors of the Ellis Island Immigr...
1911 Jan 1 First Issue of 'Boy's Life' is Published
In 1911, George S. Barton, of Somerville, Massachusetts, founded, and published the first edition of Boys' Life magazine. It was edited by 18-year old Joe Lane of Providence, Rhode Island...
1911 Jan 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected to the New York State Senate
In 1910, FDR won a seat in the New York State Senate. It would be the only election in which he carried the Republican stronghold of Dutchess County where his Hyde Park home was located....
1919 Jan 1 Sinking of HMS Iolaire
Iolaire cast off from Kyle at 7.30pm on Old Year’s Night. At half past midnight she was twelve miles from Stornoway where the armed drifter Budding Rose was waiting to escort her into har...
1933 Jan 1
to 1933 May 31
 Defense of the Great Wall
Falling back from Rehe, Wan Fulin's 32nd Corps retreated to Lengkou Pass, while the 29th Corps of General Song Zheyuan also fell back, Zhang Zuoxiang's 37th Division retreated to Xifengko...
1934 Jan 1 Agatha Christie publishes Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on January 1, 1934 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and C...
1938 Jan 1 Ronald Reagan Appears at Private Dennis Reilley in "Sergeant Murphy"
Private Dennis Reilly has followed his horse, Sergeant Murphy, into the army and when Murphy is transferred to the cavalry, Dennis transfers also. Because he wants the horse to be dischar...
1940 Jan 1 Joseph Stalin Is Named Time Magazine's 'Person Of The Year'
Since J. Stalin became the supreme power in Russia, much of the Revolution's history has been rewritten to magnify his part in those stirring events. Trotsky's part has been completely er...
1942 Jan 1 "The Man Who Came To Dinner" Is Released
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 black-and-white comedy film based on the play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. It stars Monty Woolley (reprising his role in the B...
1945 Jan 1
to 1945 Jan 25
 Operation Nordwind
Operation North Wind (Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of the Second World War on the Western Front. It began on 1 January 1945 in Alsace and Lorraine in north-ea...
1945 Jan 1 Unternehmen Bodenplatte
Unternehmen Bodenplatte (English: Operation Baseplate or Operation Ground Plate), launched on January 1, 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Coun...
1950 Jan 1 Rhys M. Sale Becomes President & CEO of Ford of Canada
When he retired as Chairman of the Board of Ford of Canada in 1962, the tall, athletic figure of Rhys Manly Sale had been a part of the growth of the company for 47 years. Those 47 years ...
1956 Jan 1 'Profiles in Courage' is Published
Profiles in Courage is a 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning book attributed to John F. Kennedy, describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators from throughout the Senat...
1959 Jan 1 Collapse of the Fulgencio Batista regime
After the loss at the Battle of Santa Clara, expecting betrayal by his own army and having lost all backup from the previously supportive US government, Batista (accompanied by president-...
1962 Jan 1 "Sanjuro" Is Released
Sanjuro (椿三十郎, Tsubaki Sanjūrō?) is a 1962 black and white Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirō Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo...
1962 Jan 1 The Beatles' Decca audition
The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, England, before they reached internationa...
1966 Jan 1 Ronald Reagan Announces Candidacy for Governor of California
Reagan moved immediately to capitalize on the momentum of the Goldwater speech and began appearing before Republican gatherings in California and elsewhere within weeks of the 1964 electi...
1967 Jan 1 Reggae is Born
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly de...
1975 Jan 1 "The Magic Flute" Is Released
The Magic Flute (Swedish: Trollflöjten) is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 highly acclaimed film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. It was intended as a TV-production and was first shown on...
1978 Jan 1 Instrument Malfunction to Blame for Air India Flight 855 Crash
An Air India Boeing 747 jet crashes into the sea just after takeoff from a Bombay airport on this day in 1978, killing all 213 people on board. The crash was apparently the result of pilo...
1979 Jan 1 Microsoft moves headquarters to Bellevue, Washington
Microsoft became independent of MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software for various systems.[27] The company moved from Albuquerque to its new home i...
1980 Jan 1 Rush release Permanent Waves
Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released January 1, 1980. The album was recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, and was mixed at Trident ...
1981 Jan 1 The Rolling Stones Release 'Slow Rollers'
Slow Rollers is a compilation album of ballads by The Rolling Stones released in 1981. It is a follow-up to the compilation of rock and roll numbers a year earlier called Solid Rock. This...
1984 Jan 1 Lee Greenwood Releases "God Bless the USA"
"God Bless the USA" is an American patriotic song written by country musician Lee Greenwood. The first Greenwood album it appears on is 1984's You've Got A Good Love Comin'. It reached nu...
1986 Jan 1 Racer X Releases "Street Lethal"
Street Lethal is the debut album by Racer X. It introduced the original band lineup featuring drummer Harry Gschoesser.
1989 Jan 1 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer Enters into Force
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect...
1992 Jan 1 "Notes From The Underground" Is Released
Notes from the Underground is the debut album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood.
1994 Jan 1 Bill Gates marries Melinda French
Gates married Melinda French from Dallas, Texas on January 1, 1994. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine (1996), Rory John (1999) and Phoebe Adele (2002). The Gateses' home is an ...
1995 Jan 1 'Daisy-Head Mayzie' is Published
Daisy-Head Mayzie is a children’s story written by Dr. Suess. This comical tale tells the story of young Mayzie McGrew, who has a daisy growing out of her head! Told in the familiar rhymi...
1996 Jan 1 US Clean Air Act is Amended to Ban the Sale of Leaded Fuel for Use in On-Road Vehicles
The mixture known as gasoline, when used in high compression internal combustion engines, has a tendency to autoignite (detonation) causing a damaging "engine knocking" (also called "ping...
2000 Jan 1
12:00AM
 Y2K Does Not Result in the End of the World
Y2K was a notable computer bug resulting from the practice in early computer program design of representing the year with two digits. This time code ambiguity caused some date-related pro...
2003 Jan 1 Children of Bodom Release "Hate Crew Deathroll"
Hate Crew Deathroll is the fourth album by Finnish heavy metal band Children of Bodom, released in 2003 under the Century Media label. The album is the final to feature guitarist Alexande...
2003 Jan 1 Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons upset Green Bay in 27-7 playoff win
Vick led the Atlanta Falcons to an upset victory over the heavily favored Green Bay 27–7 in the NFC playoffs, ending the Packers' undefeated playoff record at Lambeau Field. The Falcons w...
2005 Jan 1 Shirley Chisholm Dies
Chisholm retired to Florida and died on January 1, 2005 near Daytona Beach. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York.
2006 Jan 1 New England Patriots defeat Miami Dolphins, 26-8
Sometimes you win even when you lose. There are times when losing a game at the end of the year can get you a Reggie Bush and set up your franchise for a decade. And then there are tim...
2006 Jan 1 "Plan 9 from Outer Space" Rifftrax is Released
Held up by many as the Worst Movie Ever Made (though the twelve people who saw Mariah Carey's 'Glitter' may strenuously disagree) Ed Wood's classic has endured so long because of the fine...
2007 Jan 1 Ban Ki-moon Becomes the New United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; born 13 June 1944) is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career dipl...
2007 Jan 1 Bulgaria and Romania Join the European Union
On 1 January 2007, Romania and Bulgaria became the EU's newest members and Slovenia adopted the euro. In June 2009 the 2009 elections which later led to a renewal of Barroso's Commission ...
2007 Jan 1 Hannah Montana Season 1 Episode 21
When Paulie The Papparrazzo gets a shot of Hannah and Jackson together, the world thinks Jackson is "Hannah's" new boyfriend.
2007 Jan 1 Juicio a Juez Afiuni
2008 Jan 1 A Suicide Bombing Occurs In Zayouna, Baghdad
Zayouna is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Zayouna a residential area in Baghdad, Iraq's capital city located on the side of the Rusafa city of Baghdad, surrounded by the army from th...
2008 Jan 1 Cyprus And Malta Adopt The Euro
The Cypriot economy is prosperous and has diversified in recent years. According to the latest IMF estimates, its per capita GDP (adjusted for purchasing power) is, at $28,381, just above...
2009 Jan 1 Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, And Uganda Assume Their Seats On The United Nations Security Council.
The 2008 United Nations Security Council election was held on 17 October 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City. The...
2009 Jan 1 Boston Bruins defeat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-2
For a team to roll off 10 straight wins and 14 consecutive victories at home, it has to make the plays that go unnoticed to be successful. Last night before 17,565 at TD Banknorth Gard...
2009 Jan 1 Nizar Rayan Dies
Sheikh Nizar Rayan (Arabic: نزار ريان‎, also transliterated Rayyan) (March 6, 1959 – January 1, 2009) was a top Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's...