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What happened in history on this day: January 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 1 in ...
- 1975 - Bill Gates signs a document formalizing the existence of the Traf-O-Data company. Owners of assets are: Bill Gates 43%, Paul Allen 36%, and Paul Gilbert 21%. This step was necessary for Gates and Allen to use Traf-O-Data's 8008 simulator to develop BASIC for the Altair.
- 1982 - Trip Hawkins resigns as director of product marketing at Apple Computer.
- 2000 - Sri Lanka issues a series of postage stamps on the Year 2000, a 100-rupee stamp depicting a personal computer and a 100-rupee stamp depicting a man at a computer.
- 2001 - New Zealand issues a 40-cent postage stamp depicting a personal computer mouse, part of a series for the 100th anniversary of penny universal postage.
- 2001 - French Southern and Antarctic Territories issues a 27-franc postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2002 - Palm Source becomes a subsidiary of Palm.
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice Cans the Cannibals to theaters.
- 1926 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice on the Farm to theaters.
- 1929 - The Disney studio begins animating the film The Skeleton Dance.
- 1943 - The Donald Duck film Der Fuehrer's Face is released to theaters. The original title was Donald Duck in Nutziland.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Faraway Places: High, Hot, and Wet. It includes the People and Places featurette Siam.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the third "The Swamp Fox" episode, Tory Vengeance.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the Zorro episode The Postponed Wedding.
- 1965 - The first Miss Disneyland begins serving: Julie Reihm of Texas, Disneyland tour guide.
- 1973 - The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln attraction at Disneyland closes.
- 1977 - Bob Allen is promoted to vice president of Walt Disney World.
- 1983 - The CBS TV network airs the Walt Disney show, entitled Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald.
- 1983 - Mongolia issues a series of postage stamps commemorating the film Fantasia.
- 1990 - Hollywood Records begins operations.
- 1995 - The film Symbiosis is shown for the last time in The Land in Epcot Center.
- 1996 - Delta Air Lines discontinues sponsorship of the Delta Dreamflight attraction in Walt Disney World. The attraction name changes to Take Flight!
- 1996 - Delta Air Lines discontinues sponsorship of the World Premiere Circle-Vision theater at Disneyland. The theater is renamed Circle-Vision.
- 1996 - Disney releases the film Operation Dumbo Drop on laserdisc in the US, for US$40.
- 1997 - The Beauty and the Beast stage show makes its last performance in Euro Disneyland.
- 1997 - A ten-year cross-promotional agreement between Disney and McDonald's Restaurants begins.
- 2000 - The film Fantasia/2000 opens at 70 IMAX theaters worldwide. The film cost about US$90 million to make. Donald Duck and Daisy Duck appear in the "Pomp and Circumstance" segment.
- 2002 - IMAX Corporation and Disney release the film Beauty and the Beast to IMAX and other large screen theaters in Australia, France, Hong Kong, and USA. Included is a new animated sequence with new song "Human Again".
- 2003 - IMAX Corporation releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in Japan.
- 2004 - The Rose Parade takes place in Pasadena, California. Included is a 100-foot tall Twilight Zone Tower of Terror float.
- 2004 - Disney generally releases the Touchstone / Harbour Pictures film Calendar Girls to theaters in the USA.
- 2007 - The Body Wars attraction in Wonders of Life at Epcot Center closes.
- 2007 - The Cranium Command attraction in Wonders of Life at Epcot Center closes.
- 1953 - Mauri Rose is hired as Chevrolet Research & Development Lead Engineer for development of the Cougar project (formerly Opel, to be Corvette).
- 1959 - The "Frostbite" race is held in Fort Worth, Texas. Delmo Johnson, owner of Johnson Chevrolet dealership, enters with a 1959 Corvette and wins in his class. This is the first time he has entered a race.
- 1968 - Effective this day, the 1968 model Corvette with L88 engine is recognized by the FIA as a Group III touring car.
- 1975 - David McLellan takes over as chief engineer of the Corvette.
- 1994 - Chevrolet begins handling all warranty engine repairs for LT5 engines.
- 2000 - The National Corvette Museum delivers 2000 Corvette VIN #1 to Bob McDorman in Canal Winchester, Ohio. McDorman was the auction winner with a bid of US$85,000. The car is Dark Bowling Green Metallic.
- 1940 - The Finnish 9th Division begins attacks on the Soviet 44th Division, breaking it into small pieces.
- 1941 - German bombers drop bombs on Ireland, in four counties and the capital, Dublin.
- 1941 - (evening) Over 100 British bombers hit Bremen, Germany, causing large fires and damaging the Fock-Wulf factory.
- 1942 - Japanese forces enter Manila in the Philippines.
- 1942 - Soviet forces retake Kalinin, 100 miles north-west of Moscow, and Kaluga, 100 miles south-west.
- 1942 - In Washington, D.C., representatives of 26 countries sign the Declaration of United Nations.
- 1942 - (night) Japanese submarine I-9 launches a Yokasuka E14Y floatplane for aerial reconnaissance of Pearl Harbor. It completes its survey and returns undetected to its mother submarine.
- 1943 - Adolf Hitler decides to scrap the High Seas Fleet, to use the men, guns, and armor-plating for better uses.
- 1944 - In the south Pacific, the airfield of New Britain is captured by US Marines.
- 1944 - (evening) 421 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
- 1945 - (early) The German Luftwaffe launches Operation North Wind, 1000 sorties of fighter planes in a series of major raids on 27 Allied airfields in Holland, Belgium, and northwest France. They destroy over 300 Allied aircraft, but lose nearly 200 of their own. German anti-aircraft batteries, which were not informed of the raids, shoot down many of their own returning planes.
- 1945 - 104 British bombers attack the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany, causing a large breach.
- 1945 - (evening) 157 British bombers attack the Mittelland Canal, breaching it.
- 1946 - In Singapore, Siam signs a peace treaty with the United Kingdom and India.
- 1946 - In Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Hirohito gives his first message to the public since the announcement of surrender in September. He renounces the notion of his divinity as a matter of legends and myths, and calls on the nation to eliminate evils of the past, and found a new peaceful Japan.
- 1947 - The United States and Great Britain join their German zones of administration.
- 1992 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Arcadia Conference.
- 1996 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 video game for the Saturn in the US.
- 1996 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat II video game for the Saturn in the US.
- 1996 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat 3 video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 1997 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2002 - Sony CEI releases the Gran Turismo Concept Tokyo 2001 video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. This is a scaled down version of Gran Turismo 3, with only Arcade mode, 20 Japanese concept cars, and five tracks. Price is 3200 yen (about US$26).
- 1520 - Otto Krumpen leads a huge army of mercenaries from Germany, France, Scotland, and Denmark in attacking Sweden through Halland into Västergötland. The Swedish army is defeated on the frozen Lake Åsunden, and retreats north. Sten Sture the Younger is wounded by a bullet above the knee.
- 1771 - The paper currency is relaced by a silver-based coinage system. The basic unit is the riksdaler.
- 1975 - A new constitution is established. Under it, the King is invited to open parliament, must pay income tax, and can receive traffic tickets.
- 1995 - Sweden becomes a member of the European Union.
- 2000 - The Church of Sweden is separated from the state.
- 2001 - Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson begins Sweden's six month role as president of the European Union.
- 2004 - Inheritance tax between spouses is abolished.
- 1975 - A & W International has a float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. The float wins the Mayor's Trophy for originality.
- 1858 - By an Act passed in England, the Province of Canada is put on the decimal system of currency.
- 1920 - The revised standard fineness for silver coins at 0.800 becomes effective.
- 1959 - A Proclamation changes the design of the reverse of the 50c coin.
- 1975 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins accepting orders for 1975 coin sets and cased dollars.
- 1980 - The government gains the authority to mint a one-cent coin weighing 2.8 grams with diameter of 19.0mm and thickness 1.38mm.
- 1980 - Charlton International Publishing releases the 1980 Charlton Coin Guide, 20th Edition, for $1.50.
- 1985 - The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is changed on all coins to the design of Raphael Maklouf.
- 1990 - Effective this day, any new coins struck feature the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Dora de Pedery-Hunt.
- 1793 - Representative Elias Boudinot recommends portrait of Christopher Columbus be placed on first US coinage.
- 1853 - The New Orleans Mint strikes 1853-dated examples of the $20 gold coin and silver half dollar.
- 1877 - Oliver C. Bosbyshell begins tenure as chief coiner at the Philadelphia Mint.
- 1879 - The US government resumes specie payments (gold and silver coins) for paper currency.
- 1959 - The Philadelphia Mint makes first trial strikes of the Lincoln Memorial cent.
- 1967 - The US Mint resumes the regular practice of striking coins bearing only the calendar date of striking.
- 2000 - General Mills launches a joint promotion program with the US Mint for the new Sacagawea dollar coin, including 2000 Lincoln cents in 10 million boxes of Cheerios cereal, with a 2000-P Sacagawea dollar coin in every 2000th box, and a voucher for 100 Sacagawea dollars in every 4400th box.
- 1840 - First recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City, New York.
- 1886 - First Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, California, USA.
- 1897 - First football game between black colleges - Atlanta University 10, Tuskegee 0.
- 1902 - First Rose Bowl college football game (Pasadena, California). University of Michigan beats Stanford 49 to 0.
- 1908 - Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (83 and 28).
- 1909 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:52:45.4).
- 1910 - Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs.
- 1912 - First running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km).
- 1916 - First football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State versus Brown University).
- 1923 - The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl is beamed in Los Angeles, California over KHJ radio.
- 1927 - First US coast-to-coast network radio broadcast of football's Rose Bowl is made. Graham McNamee provides the play-by-play on NBC Radio.
- 1929 - Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery.
- 1935 - First Sugar Bowl and first Orange Bowl.
- 1942 - Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16.
- 1944 - US Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa.
- 1948 - Donald Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the third Test versus India.
- 1954 - Rose and Cotton Bowl are first televised sport colorcasts.
- 1959 - Rohan Kanhai completes 256 versus India at Calcutta.
- 1961 - Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium.
- 1967 - CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the Canadian Football League.
- 1967 - Day's play in the Calcutta Test versus West Indies cancelled by riots.
- 1967 - Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game.
- 1967 - Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game.
- 1969 - Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee.
- 1970 - Charles "Chub" Feeney replaces Warren Giles as president of American baseball's National League. Giles held the position for 18 years, and Feeney will hold it for the next 16.
- 1973 - 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (6-4, 7-5).
- 1974 - Lee MacPhail takes over as American League president, succeeding Joe Cronin.
- 1977 - Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl.
- 1980 - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (6-3, 6-3).
- 1980 - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship.
- 1981 - Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title.
- 1982 - Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship.
- 1983 - PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour.
- 1983 - Pennsylvania State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title.
- 1986 - Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball four times in his last game-the Rose Bowl.
- 1986 - Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship.
- 1988 - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship.
- 1990 - Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ.
- 1990 - Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV.
- 1991 - The Colorado Buffaloes claim US college football's national championship with a 10-9 win over Notre Dame in the 1991 Orange Bowl.
- 1992 - The ESPN Radio Network debuts.
- 1993 - Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Pennsylvania State, 24-3.
- 1994 - Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83).
- 1994 - Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13.
- 1994 - Florida State University beats the University Of Nebraska in the Orange Bowl for the US national football championship.
- 1995 - Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for first wicket for Delhi.
- 2008 - At the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York, the first regular-season outdoor NHL hockey game in the US is held. 71217 fans watch the 2008 Winter Classic, in which the Buffalo Sabres play the Pittsburgh Penguins, running into overtime, and ending with a shoot-out with the Penguins winning.
- 2010 - At least 96 people are killed and 100 injured by a suicide bomb attack at a volleyball court near Lakki Marwat, close to North and South Waziristan in the north-west of Pakistan.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Seattle Kraken by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Minnesota Wild by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Ottawa Senators by score 6-0.
- 2022 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Edmonton Oilers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Montreal Canadiens by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-3.
- 1610 - German astronomer Simon Marius first discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610.
- 1925 - American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
- 1992 - International Space Year begins.
- 2019 - Unmanned space probe New Horizons makes a close approach of the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 486958 Arrokoth at 05:33 UTC.
- 1926 - Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne, Germany.
- 2006 - Sydney, Australia, has its hottest day on record, when the city swelters in 45 degree C heat.
- 1776 - General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag.
- 1788 - Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves.
- 1791 - The Bank of North America converts accounts from Mexican dollars to US dollars.
- 1793 - Representative Elias Boudinot recommends portrait of Christopher Columbus be placed on first US coinage.
- 1797 - Albany replaces New York City as capital of New York.
- 1808 - US Congress prohibits importation of slaves.
- 1818 - Official re-opening of the White House.
- 1834 - The final lottery in New York state is drawn, as a ban on new lotteries comes into effect.
- 1842 - First illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes first issue, New York City, New York.
- 1851 - City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line.
- 1852 - First US public bath opens in New York City, New York.
- 1853 - First practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service.
- 1856 - Prepayment of domestic letters in the USA by means of adhesive postage stamps or stamped envelopes is made compulsory.
- 1862 - First US income tax (3 percent of incomes > $600, 5 percent of incomes > $10,000).
- 1862 - Battle of Fort McRee, Florida, and Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry).
- 1863 - First homestead under the US Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebraska, by Daniel Freeman.
- 1863 - Battle of Galveston, Texas - Confederates recapture the city.
- 1863 - Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln issues an executive order, naming ten specific States where his order of September 22 would apply (freedom of slaves in Confederate states).
- 1874 - New York City annexes the Bronx.
- 1892 - Ellis Island Immigration Station becomes reception center for new immigrants to the USA. 17 year-old Annie Moore is first immigrant to be processed.
- 1893 - First US college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago.
- 1897 - Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York.
- 1899 - Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day).
- 1902 - First Rose Bowl college football game (Pasadena, California). University of Michigan beats Stanford 49 to 0.
- 1902 - Nathan Stubblefield makes the first public demonstration of radio in Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1913 - US Post office begins parcel post deliveries.
- 1925 - American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
- 1928 - First US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio, New Mexico.
- 1930 - Early US radio comedy program The Cuckoo Hour debuts on NBC-Blue, created by Raymond Knight.
- 1934 - Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison.
- 1934 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective.
- 1934 - Radio horror show Light's Out debuts on WENR Chicago.
- 1934 - Fiorello La Guardia becomes mayor of New York City, begining a campaign of ridding the city of slot machines.
- 1936 - First newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune.
- 1937 - US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio.
- 1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard in the USA.
- 1939 - Anglo-American trade agreement goes into effect, cutting tariffs in US, England, and Crown Colonies.
- 1942 - In Washington, D.C., representatives of 26 countries sign the Declaration of United Nations.
- 1942 - Japanese forces enter Manila in the Philippines.
- 1944 - First feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City, New York.
- 1944 - US General Clark replaces General George Patton as commander of 7th Army.
- 1947 - The United States and Great Britain join their German zones of administration.
- 1948 - First color newsreel is filmed, in Pasadena, California, USA.
- 1958 - BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7 hours 57 minutes.
- 1959 - Highway 91 in Nevada is officially renamed Las Vegas Boulevard.
- 1960 - Johnny Cash plays his first free concert for inmates, at a show at San Quentin Prison in California.
- 1961 - Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears (US$960.242 billion).
- 1966 - The Aladdin Hotel opens in Las Vegas, with 15-story high Aladdin's lamp.
- 1966 - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health".
- 1967 - US Federal Communications Commission requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50 percent different.
- 1968 - Criswell predicts in print and on TV that a black civil rights leader would be assassinated before October.
- 1971 - Tobacco advertisements are banned on radio and TV in the USA.
- 1974 - NBC radio begins on-the-hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead).
- 1975 - Chief of Staff Harry Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime.
- 1975 - Private ownership of gold is legalized in the USA.
- 1976 - Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall.
- 1976 - NBC Television replaces the 20-year old 'peacock' logo with a new abstract capital "N".
- 1978 - The US Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
- 1979 - The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations.
- 1981 - Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors.
- 1982 - MTA launches five year capital program to overhaul New York City, New York subway system.
- 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
- 1984 - AT&T's Bell System companies divest into 24 independent units.
- 1985 - US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (New York).
- 1985 - VH-1 premieres on US cable as an adult contemporary music video channel.
- 1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
- 1986 - In the USA, regular leaded gasoline at public pumps can only include 0.1 grams of lead per gallon.
- 1988 - In the USA, regular gasoline at public pumps can include no lead.
- 1988 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established.
- 1990 - US Federal Communications Commission implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs.
- 1992 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first U.S. President to address the Australian Parliament.
- 1992 - The ESPN Radio Network debuts.
- 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect in Canada, USA, and Mexico.
- 1998 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
- 1998 - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733.
- 2000 - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
- 2001 - Many people celebrate the beginning of the new millennium - the 21st century (but not as much as the celebrations in 2000) and have a millennium feast. A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall appears in Seattle, Washington's Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous artist in reference to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- 2009 - The U.S. military in Iraq falls under Iraqi authority for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003.
- 2019 - Works published by authors who died in 1948 enter the public domain in many countries. In the United States, all works published in 1923 enter the public domain, the first entry of published works into the public domain since 1998.
- 2022 - Eric Adams replaces Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York City.
Other history:
- 1 - First day of Christian Era.
- 404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome.
- 1438 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary.
- 1502 - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro.
- 1622 - Papal Chancery adopts January 1 as beginning of the year (was March 25).
- 1651 - Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland.
- 1772 - First traveler's checks issued, in London, England.
- 1776 - General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag.
- 1801 - Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom.
- 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by US President Lincoln.
- 1877 - England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India.
- 1880 - Building of Panamá Canal begins.
- 1901 - Australia declares independence from federation of United Kingdom colonies.
- 1908 - For the first time, a ball signifying the new year is dropped at Times Square, New York.
- 1912 - Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic.
- 1922 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, starts driving on the right side of road.
- 1923 - Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established.
- 1925 - Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo.
- 1951 - Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on United Nations-lines.
- 1957 - France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic.
- 1958 - European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation.
- 1993 - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia.
- 1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect.
- 2000 - Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world.
- 2000 - Y2K passes without serious, widespread computer failures, as many experts and businesses had feared.
- 2002 - Euro notes and coins are issued in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and the Netherlands.
- 2004 - The single largest expansion of the European Union takes place as the number of member states grows from 15 to 25 due to the accession of Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, and several former Eastern Bloc countries.
- 2004 - Pervez Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as President of Pakistan and de facto dictator until 2007.
- 2007 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
- 2007 - South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan.
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