1ST
JANUARY
NEW YEAR’S DAY
NATIONAL DAY OF CUBA, SUDAN, & HAITI.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST FELIX OF BOURGES; ST ALMACHIUS;
ST WILLIAM OF DIJON; ST EUGENDUS OR OYEND; ST PETER OF ATROA; ST ODILO; & ST
FULGENTIUS OF RUSPE." |
| 1ST |
44bc |
JULIAN CALENDAR BEGAN. |
| 1ST |
414 |
"KING ATAULF" OF NARBONNE,
MARRIES EMPEROR HONORIUS SISTER, "GALLE PLACIDIA." |
| 1ST |
990 |
RUSSIA ADOPTS THE JULIAN CALENDAR. |
| 1ST |
1651 |
"CHARLES II" IS CROWNED KING
OF SCOTLAND. |
| 1ST |
1772 |
THE FIRST TRAVELLERS CHEQUES ARE ISSUED IN LONDON. |
| 1ST |
1785 |
LONDON’S OLDEST DAILY PAPER,
"THE DAILY UNIVERSAL REGISTAR" (renamed THE TIMES in 1788) WAS FIRST PUBLISHED. |
| 1ST |
1801 |
THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER AN ASTEROID, ITALIAN,
"GIUSEPPE PIAZZI" DISCOVERED & NAMED IT ‘CERES.’ |
| 1ST |
1829 |
CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT" DISCOVER
& NAME, NEW YEAR’S CREEK, NSW. THE NAME DID NOT PERSIST & IT BECAME
KNOWN AS, THE BOGAN RIVER. |
| 1ST |
1838 |
THE FIRST OFFICIAL HORSE RACE IS HELD IN ADELAIDE, SOUTH
AUSTRALIA. |
| 1ST |
1856 |
THE QUEEN GIVES APPROVAL FOR "VAN
DIEMANS LAND" TO BE RENAMED "TASMANIA" IN HONOUR OF "ABEL
TASMAN." |
| 1ST |
1862 |
1ST U.S. INCOME TAX; 3% FOR INCOMES OVER $600 & 5%
FOR INCOMES ABOVE $10,000. |
| 1ST |
1881 |
"DR JOHN H. WATSON" IS
INTRODUCED TO "SHERLOCK HOLMES." |
| 1ST |
1901 |
AUSTRALIA IS PROCLAIMED A COMMONWEALTH. |
| 1ST |
1909 |
THE FIRST OLD-AGE PENSION PAYMENTS WERE
MADE IN BRITAIN; 5 SHILLINGS (25p) A WEEK TO PERSONS OVER 70. |
| 1ST |
1911 |
THE A.C.T. OFFICIALLY COMES INTO EXISTANCE. |
| 1ST |
1915 |
TWO TURKS ATTACKED A TRAIN CONTAINING
1200 PICNICKERS NEAR BROKEN HILL, KILLING 4 PEOPLE. |
| 1ST |
1917 |
DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGINS. |
| 1ST |
1930 |
"SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH"
AND "CHARLES ULM" FOUNDED "AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS." |
| 1ST |
1935 |
WIREPHOT BY ‘AP NEWS’ WAS INVENTED, TRANSMITTING
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WIRE TO MEMBER NEWSPAPERS. |
| 1ST |
1953 |
COUNTRY SINGER, "HANK
WILLIAMS" DIED AGE 29 OF A DRUG & ALCOHOL OVERDOSE EN ROUTE TO A CONCERT IN
CANTON, OHIO. |
| 1ST |
1954 |
FLASHING TURN INDICATORS BECAME LEGAL ON MOTOR VEHICLES IN
THE U.K. |
| 1ST |
1956 |
"CARL PERKINS" HIT SONG
‘BLUE SUEDE SHOES IS RELEASED. |
| 1ST |
1958 |
"SAMMY DAVIS jr" MARRIES "LORAY WHITE." |
| 1ST |
1960 |
"JOHNNY CASH" GIVES THE FIRST
OF MANY FREE CONCERTS BEHIND BARS, WHEN HE ENTERTAINS THE INMATES OF SAN QUENTIN PRISON,
CALIFORNIA. AMONG THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WERE, "MERLE HAGGARD," SERVING
TIME FOR BURGLARY. |
| 1ST |
1962 |
"THE BEATLES" MADE A TRIAL RECORDING AT DECCA
RECORD STUDIO FOR A RECORDING CONTRACT. THE PRODUCER REJECTED THE BAND, SAYING THE TREND
WAS AWAY FROM GUITAR GROUPS. HE SIGNED "BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMELOES,"
INSTEAD. |
| 1ST |
1963 |
THE BODIES OF "GILBERT STANLEY
BOGLE AND MARGARET OLIVE CHANDLER" WERE FOUND APPARENTLY POISONED IN BUSHLAND NEAR
FULLERS BRIDGE, CHATSWOOD, NSW, AFTER ATTENDING A PARTY THE NIGHT BEFORE. |
| 1ST |
1965 |
U.K. SOCCER STAR "STANLEY MATTHEWS" RECEIVES A
KNIGHTHOOD. |
| 1ST |
1965 |
U.S. KIDS TV SHOW HOST, "SOUPY
SALES" TELLS VIEWERS TO GET THEIR PARENT’S WALLETS & TAKE OUT, "THOSE
LITTLE GREEN PIECES OF PAPER" WITH PICTURES OF PRESIDENTS, & SEND THEM TO HIM.
HE IS FIRED BUT LATER REINSTATED. |
| 1ST |
1966 |
A ‘CESSNA 175’ CRASHES NEAR CANOPUS
HOMESTEAD, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, KILLING 5 PEOPLE. |
| 1ST |
1967 |
SINGER, "GARY LEWIS," OF
"THE PLAYBOYS" WAS DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY. |
| 1ST |
1968 |
MOTORCYCLE STUNTMAN, "EVEL KNIEVEL" FAILED IN HIS
ATTEMPT TO JUMP THE FOUNTAIN AT, "CAESAR’S PALACE." |
| 1ST |
1971 |
CIGARETTE ADVERTISING WAS BANNED ON
U.S. TELVISION. |
| 1ST |
1978 |
BOMBAY; AIR INDIA 747 WITH 213 ABOARD EXPLODES & PLUNGES
INTO THE SEA MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. |
| 1ST |
1982 |
30 SOMETHING STARS, "KEN
OLIN" & "PATRICIA WETTIG" MEET. THEY LATER MARRY. |
| 1ST |
1985 |
"WHO’S THE BOSS" ACTRESS, "JUDITH
LIGHT" MARRIES "KNOTS LANDING" ACTOR, "ROBERT DESIDERIO." |
| 1ST |
1985 |
‘DUSTY HILL’ BASS PLAYER FOR
POP BAND ‘ZZ TOP’ ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE STOMACH. HE SOON
RECOVERED |
| 1ST |
1986 |
"BARBRA STREISAND" & "JON PETERS"
RELATIONSHIP BREAKS UP. |
| 1ST |
1988 |
ACTRESS, "KELLY McGILLIS"
MARRIES "FRED TILLMAN." |
| 1ST |
1993 |
"DAVID JUSTICE" & "HALLE BERRY"
MARRY. |
| 1ST |
1993 |
"HARRY CONNICK jr." IS
ARRESTED AT A NEW YORK AIRPORT FOR GUN POSSESSION. |
| 1ST |
1994 |
MICROSOFT CEO, "BILL GATES," 38, MARRIES,
"MELINDA FRENCH," 29, |
| 1ST |
1994 |
"ALEKSANDR POPOV" SWIMS A
WORLD RECORD (47.83sec) FOR THE 100m FREESTYLE. |
| 1ST |
1995 |
ACTORS, "MELISSA GILBERT" & "BRUCE
BOXLEITNER" MARRY IN LOS ANGELES. |
| 1ST |
1995 |
BRITISH SERIAL KILLER "FREDERICK
WEST" WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED 12 WOMEN & GIRLS WAS FOUND HANGED IN HIS GAOL CELL AT
WINSTON GREEN PRISON, BIRMINGHAM. |
| 1ST |
1995 |
PATERNITY LEAVE BECAME COMPULSORY FOR FATHERS IN SWEDEN. |
| 1ST |
1996 |
AUSTRALIA SNATCHED A LAST BALL VICTORY
IN THE RAIN AFFECTED LIMITED OVERS MATCH AGAINST WEST INDIES WHEN MICHAEL BEVAN STRUCK A
FOUR OFF ROGER HARPER. |
| 1ST |
1997 |
TELEVISION ANCHORMAN, "BRYANT GUMBLE" LEAVES THE
"TODAY SHOW." HE WAS REPLACED THE NEXT DAY BY "MATT LAUER." |
| 1ST |
1999 |
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ELDERLY, BEGINS. |
| 1ST |
1999 |
THE ‘EURO’ BECAME THE COMMON CURRENCY OF THE
"EUROPEAN UNION." |
| 1ST |
1999 |
"BARRY WILLIAMS" 44,
‘THE BRADY BUNCH’S, GREG’ MARRIED "EILA MARY MATT" 36, A BANKER,
IN NEW YORK. IT WAS HIS SECOND MARRIAGE & HER FIRST. |
| 1ST |
2000 |
DIGITAL TELEVISION IS INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA, BUT NO STOCKS
OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT ARE YET AVAILABLE. |
| 1ST |
2000 |
SADDAM HUSSEIN IS ADMITTED TO A BAGHDAD
HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE FOLLOWING HIS OFFICIATING AT A NEW YEARS PARADE. |
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