On This Very Day
January 1st
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- 404
Last gladiator competition in Rome.
- 1724
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit proposes the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
- 1797
Albany replaces New York City as the capital of New York.
- 1801
Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1818
Official reopening of the White House.
- 1862
1st US income tax introduced.
- 1863
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln.
- 1880
Building of the Panama Canal begins.
- 1892
Ellis Island opens as a US immigration inspection station. View Post →
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- 1896
Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays.
- 1919
Edsel Ford succeeds Henry Ford as president of the Ford Motor Company.
- 1922
Vancouver starts driving on the right side of the road.
- 1928
1st US air-conditioned office building opens in San Antonio.
- 1934
Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison.
- 1939
Hewlett-Packard founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.
- 1970
'The Epoch', Time 0 for UNIX systems, starts at Midnight GMT.
- 1998
US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733.
- 2013
Magnus Carlsen breaks Garry Kasparov's chess FIDE rating.
- 2016
Dubai skyscraper 'The Address' burns as the New Year is rung in.
- 1999
The Euro becomes the official currency in 11 countries.
- 1992
Formation of the Russian Federation.
- 1912
Republic of China is founded.
- 1971
Tobacco ads banned from TV and radio broadcast in the US.
- 1994
Bill Gates and Melinda French marry.
- 2007
Binney & Smith Company becomes Crayola LLC.
- 1818
Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is published.
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