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January 1st - Happy New Year
Today is Sunday, Jan. 1, the first day of Leap Year 2012. There are 365 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 1, 1912, the Republic of China was established under its first president, Sun Yat-sen.
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On this date:
In 153 BC, Roman consuls begin their year in office.
In 45 BC, The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
In 42 BC, The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar
In 69, The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Aulus Vitellius Germanicus as emperor.
In 193, The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman Emperor.
In 404, An infuriated Roman mob tears Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
In 414, Galla Placidia, half-sister of emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.
In 417, Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
In 1001, Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II.
In 1259, Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
In 1438, Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
In 1515, King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
In 1527, Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
In 1600, Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
In 1651, Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
In 1700, Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
In 1707, John V is crowned King of Portugal.
In 1739, Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
In 1772, The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.
In 1773, The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England.
In 1776, American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
In 1781, American Revolutionary War: 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
In 1788, First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
In 1800, The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
In 1801, The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1801, The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
In 1803, Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
In 1804, French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country on the North America after the U.S.
In 1806, The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
In 1808, The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
In 1810, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
In 1812, The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
In 1822, The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus.
In 1833, The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
In 1845, The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
In 1847, The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy, the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
In 1860, First Polish stamp is issued.
In 1861, Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
In 1863, The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
In 1873, Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
In 1877, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
In 1880, Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
In 1885, Twenty-five nations adopt Sanford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time (and also, time zones)
In 1890, Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
In 1890, the first Tournament of Roses was held in Pasadena, Calif.
In 1892, the Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally opened.
In 1894, The Manchester Ship Canal, England, is officially opened to traffic.
In 1898, New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
In 1899, Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
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In 1901, Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
In 1901, The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
In 1902, The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
In 1906, British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
In 1908, For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
In 1909, Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
In 1910, Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear Admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
In 1911, Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
In 1913, the U.S. Parcel Post system went into operation.
In 1916, German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
In 1920, The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
In 1923, Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
In 1927, Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
In 1928, Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
In 1929, The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
In 1932, The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
In 1934, Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
In 1934, Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
In 1937, Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain.
In 1939, William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.
In 1939, Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
In 1942, 26 countries, including the United States, signed the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging "not to make a separate armistice or peace" with members of the Axis. The Rose Bowl was played in Durham, N.C., because of security concerns in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack; Oregon State defeated Duke, 20-16.
In 1945, World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
In 1945, World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
In 1945, World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.
In 1947, The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1947, The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
In 1948, The British railway network is nationalised to form British Railways.
In 1948, The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
In 1949, United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
In 1953, country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, was discovered dead in the back seat of his car during a stop in Oak Hill, W.Va., while he was being driven to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.
In 1954, NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
In 1956, The Republic of the Sudan achieves independence from the Egyptian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1956, A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
In 1957, George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
In 1957, An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest.
In 1958, The European Community is established.
In 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, who fled to the Dominican Republic.
In 1960, The Republic of Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1962, Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
In 1962, the first two U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air and Land) teams were created. Western Samoa became independent of New Zealand.
In 1962, The Beatles (with Pete Best) auditioned in London for Decca Records, which opted to sign Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.
In 1964, The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
In 1965, The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul.
In 1966, A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
In 1966, After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
In 1970, Unix epoch time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
In 1971, Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
In 1972, Kurt Waldheim became secretary-general of the United Nations.
In 1984, the breakup of AT&T took place as the telecommunications giant was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
In 1973, Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
In 1978, Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
In 1978, The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
In 1979, Formal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.
In 1980, Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
In 1981, The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.
In 1981, The Republic of Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
In 1982, Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
In 1983, The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
In 1984, The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
In 1984, The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In 1985, The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
In 1985, The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
In 1986, Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In 1986, The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
In 1988, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
In 1989, The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
In 1990, David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
In 1992, The Russian Federation is officially formed.
In 1992, Boutros Boutros-Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar as secretary-general of the United Nations. President George H.W. Bush became the first American leader to address the Australian Parliament.
In 1993, Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
In 1993, A single market within the European Community is introduced.
In 1994, The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
In 1994, The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
In 1995, The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
In 1995, The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
In 1995, The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
In 1995, The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
In 1996, Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In 1997, The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.
In 1997, Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary General of the United Nations.
In 1998, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
In 1998, The European Central Bank is established.
In 1999, The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
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In 2002, Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
In 2002, Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
In 2002, The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
In 2004, In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
In 2006, Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometer peaked at 45 °C (113 °F), sparking bushfires and power outages. (Same as 1939)
In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
In 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
In 2008, Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.
In 2009, 66 die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2010, A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
In 2011, Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth eurozone country.
Ten years ago: The euro became legal tender in 12 European nations. Michael Bloomberg succeeded Rudolph Giuliani as New York City's mayor. Eduardo Duhalde was named Argentina's fifth president in two weeks. No. 2 Oregon defeated No. 3 Colorado 38-16 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush joined thousands of other mourners in paying respects to former President Gerald R. Ford. An Indonesian Boeing 737 jetliner crashed, killing all 102 people on board. Ban Ki-moon became the 8th U.N. secretary-general. Grand Ole Opry star Del Reeves died at age 74. Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, 24, was slain in a drive-by shooting (gang member Willie Clark was later convicted of killing Williams and was sentenced to life in prison). The 9th-ranked Boise State Broncos completed a perfect season with a 43-42 overtime victory over No. 7 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. No. 8 Southern California beat No. 3 Michigan 32-18 in the Rose Bowl.
One year ago: A suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a church in Alexandria, Egypt, in one of the country's worst attacks targeting Coptic Christians. Third-ranked TCU finished a perfect season by beating No. 4 Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. Oprah Winfrey launched her OWN cable network.
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Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 90. Actor Ty Hardin is 82. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 82. Actor Frank Langella is 74. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 70. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 69. Actor Rick Hurst is 66. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 62. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 58. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 54. Actress Ren Woods is 54. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 48. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 46. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 46. Actor Morris Chestnut is 43. Actor Verne Troyer is 43. Actress Eden Riegel is 31.
Born on this day, passed away, Jan. 1:
1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
1879 – E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1889 – Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
1922 – Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist (d. 2011)
1927 – Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
1962 – Ari Up, German musician (The Slits) (d. 2010)
1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
Notable deaths on Jan. 1:
1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
1953 – Hank Williams Sr., American singer (b. 1923)
1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress, screenwriter (b. 1909)
1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor (b. 1902)
1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
1984 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928)
1991 – Buck Ram, American songwriter and businessman (The Platters) (b. 1907)
1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer pioneer (b. 1906)
1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American country musician (b. 1944)
1998 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (b. 1905)
2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer (b. 1944)
2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
2006 – Bryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks) (b. 1956)
2007 – Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
2007 – Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932)
2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
2009 – Claiborne Pell, U.S. senator (b. 1918)
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One year ago: A Mount Rainier National Park ranger, Margaret Anderson, was shot and killed by the driver of a car that blew through a checkpoint. (Searchers later found the body of the man, 24-year-old Benjamin Colton Barnes, in a snowy creek.)
Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 91. Actor Ty Hardin is 83. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 83. Actor Frank Langella is 75. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 71. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 70. Actor Rick Hurst is 67. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 63. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 59. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 55. Actress Ren Woods is 55. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 49. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 47. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 47. Actor Morris Chestnut is 44. Actor Verne Troyer is 44. Actress Eden Riegel is 32.
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2014. There are 364 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be "forever free."
Ten years ago: Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler of Pakistan, won a vote of confidence from both houses of parliament and the country's four provincial assemblies validating his five-year term as president. The University of Southern California defeated the University of Michigan, 28-14, in the Rose Bowl.
Five years ago: An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers, instantly killing him and 18 others. The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein's former palace. Russia made good on its threat to cut off all natural gas supplies to Ukraine. Six-term Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell died at age 90. The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 in the Winter Classic at chilly Wrigley Field. No. 5 Southern California defeated No. 6 Penn State 38-24 in the 95th Rose Bowl.
One year ago: The Senate approved a compromise in the small hours to avert the "fiscal cliff" and sent it to the House, which approved it in a late-night vote. In Maryland, same-sex marriage became legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In Pakistan, gunmen on motorcycles sprayed a van carrying employees from a community center with bullets, killing five female teachers and two aid workers. A New Year's stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, claimed 64 lives. No. 8 Stanford held off Wisconsin 20-14 in the 99th Rose Bowl. Singer Patti Page, 85, died in Encinitas, Calif.
Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 92. Actor Ty Hardin is 84. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 84. Actor Frank Langella is 76. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 72. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 71. Actor Rick Hurst is 68. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 64. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 60. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 56. Actress Ren Woods is 56. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 50. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 48. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 48. Actor Morris Chestnut is 45. Actor Verne Troyer is 45. Actress Eden Riegel is 33.
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Today is Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2015. There are 364 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 1, 1975, a jury in Washington found Nixon administration officials John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Robert C. Mardian guilty of charges related to the Watergate cover-up; a fifth defendant, Kenneth Parkinson, was acquitted, and Mardian's conviction for conspiracy was later overturned on appeal.
Ten years ago: Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid as the U.S. military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, died near Daytona Beach, Florida, at age 80. California Congressman Robert T. Matsui (mat-SOO'-ee) died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 63. No. 6 Texas managed a wild 38-37 win over No. 13 Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Fifth-ranked Utah dominated 19th-ranked Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Five years ago: A suicide bomber detonated a truckload of explosives on a volleyball field in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 97 people. Fifth-ranked Florida overwhelmed No. 4 Cincinnati 51-24 in the Sugar Bowl. In the Rose Bowl, No. 8 Ohio State defeated No. 7 Oregon 26-17.
One year ago: The nation's first legal recreational pot shops opened in Colorado at 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. Actress Juanita Moore, 99, died in Los Angeles. No. 4 Michigan State romped to a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford in the 100th Rose Bowl. No. 15 Central Florida pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the bowl season by outlasting No. 6 Baylor 52-42 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 93. Actor Ty Hardin is 85. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 85. Actor Frank Langella is 77. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 73. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 72. Actor Rick Hurst is 69. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 65. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 61. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, is 59. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 57. Actress Ren Woods is 57. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 51. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 49. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 49. Actor Morris Chestnut is 46. Actor Verne Troyer is 46. Elin Nordegren is 35. Actor Jonas Armstrong (Film: "Walking With the Enemy"; "Edge of Tomorrow"; TV: "Robin Hood") is 34. Actress Eden Riegel is 34. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Meryl Davis is 28.
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Today is Friday, Jan. 1, the first day of leap year 2016. There are 365 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be "forever free."
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush strongly defended his domestic spying program, calling it legal as well as vital to thwarting terrorist attacks. The Medicare prescription drug plan went into effect. American teenager Farris Hassan, who'd traveled alone to Iraq to experience the lives of its people, returned home to Florida after three weeks in the Middle East. New England's Doug Flutie converted the NFL's first successful drop kick in 64 years during a 28-26 loss to Miami.
Five years ago: A suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a church in Alexandria, Egypt, in one of the country's worst attacks targeting Coptic Christians. Third-ranked TCU finished a perfect season by beating No. 4 Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. Oprah Winfrey launched her OWN cable network.
One year ago: Mario Cuomo, 82, a leading liberal voice who served three terms as governor of New York, died just hours after his son Andrew began his second term as the state's chief executive. Actress Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," died in Baton Rouge, La., at age 82.
Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 94. Actor Ty Hardin is 86. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 86. Actor Frank Langella is 78. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 74. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 73. Actor Rick Hurst is 70. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 66. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 62. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, is 60. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 58. Actress Ren Woods is 58. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 52. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 50. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 50. Actor Morris Chestnut is 47. Actor Verne Troyer is 47. Elin Nordegren is 36. Actor Jonas Armstrong (Film: "Walking With the Enemy"; "Edge of Tomorrow"; TV: "Robin Hood") is 35. Actress Eden Riegel is 35. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Meryl Davis is 29. Rock musician Noah Sierota (Echosmith) is 20.
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Re: January 1st - Happy New Year
Today is Sunday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2017. There are 364 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Jan. 1, 1942, 26 countries, including the United States, signed the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging "not to make a separate armistice or peace" with members of the Axis. The Rose Bowl was played in Durham, N.C., because of security concerns in the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor; Oregon State defeated Duke, 20-16.
In 2014, the nation's first legal recreational pot shops opened in Colorado at 8 a.m. Mountain time.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush joined thousands of other mourners in paying respects to former President Gerald R. Ford. An Indonesian Boeing 737 jetliner crashed, killing all 102 people on board. Ban Ki-moon became the 8th U.N. secretary-general. Grand Ole Opry star Del Reeves died at age 74. Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, 24, was slain in a drive-by shooting (gang member Willie Clark was later convicted of killing Williams and was sentenced to life in prison). The 9th-ranked Boise State Broncos completed a perfect season with a 43-42 overtime victory over No. 7 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. No. 8 Southern California beat No. 3 Michigan 32-18 in the Rose Bowl.
Five years ago: A Mount Rainier National Park ranger, Margaret Anderson, was shot and killed by the driver of a car that blew through a checkpoint. (Searchers later found the body of the gunman, 24-year-old Benjamin Colton Barnes, in a snowy creek; an autopsy showed he had died of drowning with hypothermia as a factor.)
One year ago: Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign said it had raised $37 million in the previous three months and more than $112 million in all of 2015 to support her bid for the Democratic nomination. Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 44-28 in the Fiesta Bowl; Stanford beat Iowa 45-16 in the Rose Bowl; Mississippi toppled Oklahoma State 48-20 in the Sugar Bowl. Death claimed former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator Dale Bumpers at age 90; former U.S. Rep. Mike Oxley at age 71; and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond at age 85.
Today's Birthdays — Jan. 1: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 95. Actor Ty Hardin is 87. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 87. Actor Frank Langella is 79. Rock singer-musician Country Joe McDonald is 75. Writer-comedian Don Novello is 74. Actor Rick Hurst is 71. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 67. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 63. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, is 61. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 59. Actress Ren Woods is 59. Actress Dedee Pfeiffer is 53. Actress Embeth Davidtz is 51. Country singer Brian Flynn (Flynnville Train) is 51. Actor Morris Chestnut is 48. Actor Verne Troyer is 48. Elin Nordegren is 37. Actor Jonas Armstrong is 36. Actress Eden Riegel is 36. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Meryl Davis is 30. Rock musician Noah Sierota (Echosmith) is 21.
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