243 sourced historical events are currently published for January 1. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.
The published January 1 chronology runs from 153 BCE to 2026, a span of 2,179 years. It contains 243 sourced records across 50 countries and 8 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.
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The Roman Republic moved the start of the consuls’ term to the first day of January. Livy’s surviving summary connects the change to fighting in Hispania.
January 1 is the date in the Roman calendar then in use.
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The Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar took effect on 1 January 45 BCE. It was designed with a 365-day year and an additional leap day every four years.
The date follows the historical calendar reform; it does not claim that January 1 was first used as New Year’s Day in 45 BCE.
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Publius Helvius Pertinax ( PER-tin-ax; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193, succeeding Commodus and becoming the first ruler of the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors. The son of a freedman, Pertinax rose from modest origins through a military career. He distinguished himself in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 and went on to hold a succession of governorships and senior commands.
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Huan Xuan (Chinese: 桓玄; pinyin: Huán Xuán) (369 – 19 June 404), courtesy name Jingdao (敬道), nickname Lingbao (靈寶), formally Emperor Wudao of Chu (楚武悼帝), was an Eastern Jin Dynasty warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin and declared his own state of Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ) in January 404, known in historiography as Huan Chu (Chinese: 桓楚; pinyin: Huán Chǔ), but was defeated by an uprising led by the general Liu Yu later in 404 and killed.
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Song troops led by Cao Bin captured Jinling. Li Yu surrendered, bringing the Southern Tang state to an end.
January 1 in the Julian calendar and January 6 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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Romanos IV Diogenes married Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and was crowned Byzantine emperor on 1 January 1068. The marriage brought Romanos to the throne after Eudokia’s period of rule following the death of Constantine X.
The date refers to the marriage and imperial coronation, not Eudokia’s earlier marriage to Constantine X.
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Sima Guang submitted his team’s completed chronological history to Emperor Shenzong. The work traced Chinese history from the Warring States period through the Five Dynasties.
January 1, 1085 is the Julian equivalent of the recorded wuchen day. The Gregorian equivalent is January 7, 1085.
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Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄνγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Mikhaḗl Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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The Battle of Calais took place in 1350 when an English force defeated an unsuspecting French army which was attempting to take the city. Despite a truce being in effect the French commander Geoffrey de Charny had planned to take the city by subterfuge, and bribed Amerigo of Pavia, an Italian officer of the city garrison, to open a gate for them.
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On 1 January 1438, Albert of Habsburg was crowned King of Hungary at Székesfehérvár, following the death of Sigismund. He moved his court to the Hungarian kingdom. He was later elected King of the Romans, but was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
This date records the Hungarian coronation, not the later election as King of the Romans.
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On 1 January 1502, a Portuguese expedition reached Guanabara Bay, on the coast of present-day Brazil. The arrival is associated with the name Rio de Janeiro, meaning January River.
The date records the expedition reaching Guanabara Bay, not the founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.
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The 1527 election in Cetin (Croatian: Cetinski / Cetingradski sabor, meaning Parliament on Cetin(grad) or Parliament of Cetin(grad), or Cetinski / Cetingradski izbor) was an assembly of the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) in the Cetin Castle in 1527. It followed a succession crisis in the Kingdom of Hungary caused by the death of Louis II, and which resulted in the Kingdom of Croatia joining the Habsburg monarchy.
Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin.
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The Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) or the Capture of Santo Domingo was a military and naval action fought on 1 January 1586, of the recently declared Anglo-Spanish War that resulted in the assault and capture by English soldiers and sailors of the Spanish city of Santo Domingo governed by Cristóbal de Ovalle on the Spanish island of Hispaniola. The English were led by Francis Drake and was part of his Great Expedition to the raid the Spanish New World in a kind of preemptive strike. The English soldiers then occupied the city for over a month and captured much booty along with a 25,000 ducat ransom before departing on 1 February.
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Scotland began counting the new year from January 1 instead of March 25 under a proclamation by James VI. Edinburgh’s parish records show the change as December 1599 gave way to January 1600.
January 1 is the Scottish Julian date, corresponding to January 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. This was a change to the first day of the year.
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The Masque of Indian and China Knights was performed at Hampton Court in Richmond, England on 1 January 1604. The masque was not published, and no text survives. It was described in a letter written by Dudley Carleton. The historian Leeds Barroll prefers the title, Masque of the Orient Knights.
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Charles II (1630–1685) was crowned King of Scotland and his other kingdoms at Scone Palace on 1 January 1651. His father, Charles I, had been executed in London at Whitehall Palace on 30 January 1649. Charles arrived in Scotland in June 1650 where there was support for his rule following the Treaty of Breda. Charles resided at old Gowrie House in Perth and held meetings in the summer house by the Tay.
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Dom John V (22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous and the Portuguese Sun King, was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire to new levels of prosperity, wealth, and prestige among European courts.
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The invasion of Russia by Charles XII of Sweden was a campaign undertaken during the Great Northern War between Sweden and the allied states of Russia, Poland, and Denmark. The invasion began with Charles's crossing of the Vistula on 1 January 1708, and effectively ended with the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava on 8 July 1709, though Charles continued to pose a military threat to Russia for several years while under the protection of the Ottoman Turks.
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The Battle of St. John's was the French capture of St. John's, the capital of the British colony of Newfoundland, on 1 January 1709 [O.S. 21 December 1708], during Queen Anne's War. A mixed and motley force of 164 men led by Joseph de Monbeton de Brouillan de Saint-Ovide, king's lieutenant to Philippe Pastour de Costebelle, the French governor of Plaisance, quickly overwhelmed the British garrison at St. John's, and took about 500 prisoners.
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Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Jesus, now be praised), BWV 41, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1725. It is based on the hymn of the same name that Johannes Hermann wrote for the same occasion, published in 1591.
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Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, we praise You), BWV 16, is a church cantata for New Year's Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first performed on 1 January 1726 in Leipzig, as part of the composer's third cantata cycle. Its libretto is by Georg Christian Lehms, as for three other of Bach's cantatas for the Christmas season that started with Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 on Christmas Day.
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On 1 January 1739, French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier sighted the island now called Bouvet Island while commanding the ships Aigle and Marie. His expedition did not land or sail around it, and its recorded position was inaccurate.
The date records the first documented sighting, not a landing.
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John Newton preached a New Year’s Day sermon in Olney based on a passage from 1 Chronicles. The hymn later known as “Amazing Grace” was written for the occasion and first appeared in print in 1779.
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On January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, British Royal Navy ships began shelling Norfolk, Virginia, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Loyalist population had fled, was occupied by Patriot forces from Virginia and North Carolina. Although the Patriots worked to drive off the British landing parties, they did nothing to impede the progress of the flames, and began burning and looting Loyalist-owned property instead.
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The Pennsylvania Line Mutiny was a mutiny of Continental Army soldiers, who demanded higher pay and better housing conditions, and was the cause of the legend and stories surrounding the American heroine Tempe Wick. The mutiny began on January 1, 1781, and ended with a negotiated settlement on January 8, 1781. The negotiated terms were finally concluded by January 29, 1781.
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper, The Sunday Times (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp.
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The action of 1 January 1800 was a naval battle of the Quasi-War that took place off the coast of present-day Haiti, near the island of Gonâve in the Bight of Léogâne. The battle was fought between an American convoy of four merchant vessels escorted by the United States naval schooner USS Experiment, and a squadron of armed barges manned by Haitians known as picaroons.
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The Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain united on 1 January 1801 under the Acts of Union. The new state was called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Irish Parliament ceased to exist, with representation transferred to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Acts of Union were passed in 1800 and took effect on January 1, 1801.
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Ceres is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first object identified in the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet. Ceres was later classified as an asteroid, and then more recently as the only confirmed dwarf planet within the asteroid belt, and the largest without a moon.
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On 1 January 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed Haiti’s independence from France in Gonaïves. The declaration followed the defeat of French forces and their withdrawal in 1803. It marked the end of French colonial rule in the western part of Hispaniola.
The date records the declaration of independence, after the French military withdrawal in 1803.
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France resumed using the Gregorian calendar in place of the Republican calendar. The change took effect on January 1 under a decision adopted the previous September.
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The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 (2 Stat. 426, enacted March 2, 1807) is a United States federal law that prohibits the importation of slaves into the United States. It took effect on January 1, 1808, the earliest date permitted by the United States Constitution. This legislation was promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, who called for its enactment in his 1806 State of the Union address.
This entry records the entry into force, as dated in the source infobox.
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The Battle of Castellón was an ambush against a French Imperial detachment under General Reille near Girona during the Peninsular War (1807–1814).
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Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as governor in Sydney after his commission was read aloud. He then gave his first public address in the role.
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The Battle of Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima. The 28,000-strong Marathas, led by Peshwa Baji Rao II intended to attack Pune. On their way, they were met by an 800-strong Company force that was on its way to reinforce the British troops in Pune. The Peshwa dispatched around 2,000 soldiers to attack the Company force stationed in Koregaon. Led by Captain Francis Staunton, the Company troops defended their position for nearly 12 hours.
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 near Geneva and later worked on the novel in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.
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The Greek Constitution of 1822 was a document adopted by the First National Assembly of Epidaurus on 1 January 1822. Formally it was the Provisional Regime of Greece (Greek: Προσωρινό Πολίτευμα της Ελλάδος), sometimes translated as Temporary Constitution of Greece. Considered to be the first constitution of Modern Greece, it was an attempt to achieve temporary governmental and military organisation until the future establishment of a national parliament.
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The 1827 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on January 1, 1827, in order to elect the governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Joseph Kent was re-elected by the Maryland General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Isaac McKim.
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Agreements for a customs union took effect among German states. The union reduced internal customs barriers and established a common external customs frontier.
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Ningbo formally opened to British trade on 1 January 1844 under the Treaty of Nanjing. The British consul had arrived in December to arrange the opening with local officials.
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In the Philippines, Wednesday, January 1, 1845 followed Monday, December 30, 1844. The one-time change brought the islands’ civil dates into line with their neighbors in Asia.
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UPMC Mercy is a main hospital facility of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and is located in the Uptown section of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Duquesne University, and a few blocks from the PPG Paints Arena and downtown Pittsburgh. It is the first chartered hospital to have been founded in the city of Pittsburgh and it is also the first hospital in the world to have been established by the Sisters of Mercy.
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The 1855 City of Toronto Municipal Election was the City's 21st municipal election. Polling occurred on the first Monday and Tuesday of the year, January 1st and 2nd. Elections for Aldermen and Councilmen were held in seven wards and for the Municipal License Inspector. Violence and intimidation over political control of St. John's Ward by candidates who represented the Orange Order marred the election.
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Legislative elections were held in Portugal on 1 January 1860.
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The Battle of Castillejos was fought on New Year's Day, 1860, between the Spanish Army of Africa under Leopoldo O'Donnell and the Moroccan Army under Mawlay Abbas in Fnideq (Castillejos) as the Spanish army attempted to capture the cities of Tétouan and Tangier. The Spanish were victorious.
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The Kingdom of Poland officially issued its first postage stamp, valued at ten kopecks, for mail within the kingdom and to the Russian Empire. January 1 fell on a Sunday, so the stamp was first available for sale the following day.
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General Jesús González Ortega led the liberal army in a ceremonial march through Mexico City. Its divisions had already entered the capital in late December after defeating the conservative forces.
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Crook's 1862 Expedition was an engagement of the American Civil War in western Virginia (the present state of West Virginia). Major General George Crook's forces advanced northward to Braxton County's community of Sutton, which had reportedly been occupied and burned by Confederate forces on December 29, 1861. The report turned out to be false.
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The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen. John B. Magruder expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863. After the loss of the cutter Harriet Lane, the Union Fleet Commander William B. Renshaw blew up the stranded vessel USS Westfield to save it from falling into enemy hands.
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On January 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation in Washington. It declared enslaved people free in areas still in rebellion against the United States.
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The Battle of River Feio or First Withdrawal, was an episode that occurred even at the beginning of the Mato Grosso Campaign in which about 200 Brazilians between civilians and soldiers under the command of Col. Dias da Silva faced a Paraguayan column of 2,000 men commanded by Captain Blas Rojas.
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The sacking of Asunción was the occupation of the Paraguayan capital carried out as of January 1, 1869 by Brazilian forces in the Triple Alliance led by General João de Souza da Fonseca Costa. Asunción was deserted, evacuated by all its inhabitants two days before. On January 5, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, then Marquis of Caxias, entered the city with the rest of the army.
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Japan put the Gregorian calendar into effect. The third day of the twelfth month of Meiji 5 under the old calendar became January 1 of Meiji 6.
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On 1 January 1877, an imperial durbar was held in Delhi to proclaim Queen Victoria Empress of India. She was represented by Viceroy Lord Lytton. Victoria had already accepted the title in May 1876; the Delhi ceremony was a later public proclamation.
January 1 records the Delhi ceremony. Victoria was represented by the viceroy and did not attend in person.
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A royal decree dated 1 January 1890 organised a civil administration for the Colony of Eritrea. The Italian legal record dates the measure to January 1 and its publication in the official gazette to January 7.
Decree date; official-gazette publication followed on January 7, 1890.
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The federal immigration station on Ellis Island opened in New York Harbor. Annie Moore, a teenager from Ireland traveling with her two younger brothers, was the first immigrant processed there. The station later handled millions of arrivals to the United States.
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The Battle of Kakarong de Sili was fought on January 1, 1897, near Pandi, Bulacan, in the Philippines. The Kakarong Republic, based in the little fort in Pandi, was attacked by a force of Spaniards who massacred the Katipuneros there. At the end of the battle, General Eusebio Roque (also known as Maestrong Sebio and Dimabungo) was captured by the Spaniards.
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The consolidation of New York City took effect. The expanded city consisted of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
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Spanish governor-general Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos formally transferred administration of Cuba to the U.S. military. The island remained under U.S. military administration until the Republic of Cuba was established in 1902.
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The Southern Nigeria Protectorate was established on 1 January 1900. An order combined the Niger Coast Protectorate with part of the Royal Niger Company’s territories under a High Commissioner. This entry records the establishment in 1900, rather than 1901 as stated in the imported calendar entry.
The original colonial annual report dates the order’s commencement to January 1, 1900. The imported 1901 year has been corrected.
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British authorities proclaimed the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria after revoking the Royal Niger Company’s charter. Frederick Lugard served as high commissioner.
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The Commonwealth of Australia came into existence when six British colonies joined in a federation. New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania became states under a federal constitution. The change followed years of conventions, political negotiations, and referendums about how power should be shared. A Commonwealth government took responsibility for specified national matters while the states retained their own governments and substantial powers. Federation established the institutional framework of modern Australia, although connections with Britain continued. The new political arrangement also excluded many people from full participation, including Indigenous Australians and others affected by discriminatory policies.
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Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was the first prime minister of Australia, serving from 1901 to 1903. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, before resigning in 1903 to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia, on which he served until his death in 1920.
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The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, traditionally played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2. Nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" by broadcaster Keith Jackson, it was the first postseason football game ever established.
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The Republic of China established its governance over mainland China on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. The Beiyang government in Beijing was the internationally recognized government of the ROC from 1912 to 1928, with regional warlords occupying parts of the country after the death of Beiyang leader Yuan Shikai in 1916.
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Pilot Tony Jannus flew a paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a Benoist flying boat. The flight inaugurated scheduled commercial airplane service between St. Petersburg and Tampa.
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The journal New Youth published Hu Shih’s essay proposing changes to Chinese writing. He argued for using language closer to everyday speech and for writing about subjects that mattered to readers.
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The 1923 railway grouping brought most of Great Britain's main railways into four companies. They became known as the Big Four: Great Western, London and North Eastern, London Midland and Scottish, and Southern.
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The pengő replaced the Hungarian korona on January 1, 1927. Introduced as part of a currency stabilisation programme, one pengő was worth 12,500 korona and was divided into 100 fillér.
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The Second Battle of Las Cruces, or the New Year's Day Battle, was a major engagement during the American occupation of Nicaragua. It was fought on 1 January 1928, during an expedition to destroy a Sandinista fortress. A column of United States Marines and Nicaraguan National Guardsmen were attacked by a superior force of rebels entrenched on Las Cruises Hill and, after a long battle, the Americans and Nicaraguans routed the Sandinistas and captured their positions.
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In 1928 the Al Nahyan council of elders, led by Khalifa Al Nahyan orchestrated a coup against his brother, the ruling emir of Abu Dhabi Saqr Al Nahyan who himself had taken power in a coup in 1926, and assisted in orchestrating another coup in 1922
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The City of Vancouver and the municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver merged. The amalgamation created the enlarged city and established most of the municipal boundaries Vancouver retains today.
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The U.S. Post Office Department issued a series of twelve stamps honoring the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. The designs used different portraits of Washington.
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The Declaration by United Nations was the main treaty that formalized the Allies of World War II and was signed by 47 national governments between 1942 and 1945. On 1 January 1942, during the Arcadia Conference in Washington D.C., the Allied "Big Four"—the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China—signed a short document which later came to be known as the United Nations Declaration, and the day after the representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures.
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The National Dunhuang Art Research Institute was established at the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, with the artist Chang Shuhong as its first director. It began work to study and protect the cave art.
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Operation Bodenplatte (German: [ˈboːdn̩ˌplatə]; "Baseplate"), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the German Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War. The goal of Bodenplatte was to gain air superiority during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge so that the German Army and Waffen-SS forces could resume their advance.
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The Humanity Declaration (人間宣言, Ningen-sengen), also known as the Imperial Rescript on the Construction of a New Japan (新日本建設に関する詔書, Shin Nippon Kensetsu ni Kan suru Shōsho), is an imperial rescript issued by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, as part of a New Year address on 1 January 1946 at the request of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
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The Canadian Citizenship Act took effect on 1 January 1947, creating Canadian citizenship as a legal status. The first citizenship ceremony followed on January 3, when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King received certificate number 0001.
January 1 is the Act’s commencement date. King received the first citizenship certificate at the January 3 ceremony.
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The United States and Britain combined their occupation zones in Germany into the Bizone on 1 January 1947. The French occupation zone was added later, forming the Trizone in 1949.
January 1 records the American-British merger; the French zone joined later.
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British Railways came into existence on 1 January 1948, bringing Britain’s nationalized railway network under the Railway Executive. The executive was part of the British Transport Commission. British Railways was its operating name.
This date records the start of nationalized railway operations, not the later change of trading name to British Rail.
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On 1 January 1948, a meeting in Hong Kong announced the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. The meeting followed talks among left-wing Kuomintang representatives that had begun in November 1947.
The date records the announcement of establishment, rather than the earlier preparatory meeting.
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Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on January 1, 1949. Hiram E. McCallum was elected to his first full term as mayor.
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A ceasefire between India and Pakistan took effect in Jammu and Kashmir on 1 January 1949, ending the fighting in the 1947–1948 war. United Nations military observers arrived later that month to supervise the ceasefire.
The date records the ceasefire taking effect, not the later arrival of United Nations observers.
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The 1950 Soccer Bowl was the first edition of the Soccer Bowl, a post-season college soccer championship game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the San Francisco Dons held on January 1, 1950, at the Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The match ended in a 2–2 draw with Penn State and San Francisco sharing the title.
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The 1951 Soccer Bowl was the second edition of the Soccer Bowl, the post-season college soccer championship game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Purdue held on January 1, 1951, at the Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The match ended in a 3–1 victory with Penn State claiming their second Soccer Bowl, and their 11th claimed national men's soccer championship.
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Sudan became independent, ending the joint British and Egyptian administration established in 1899. Egypt and the United Kingdom formally recognized the new state.
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A royal charter from Queen Elizabeth II made George Town a city. Its city council served George Town, while the rest of Penang Island remained under a separate local authority at the time.
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The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union (EU) in 1993.
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On 1 January 1959, Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba by air for the Dominican Republic after rebel forces made major gains. His departure marked the collapse of his government during the Cuban Revolution, an armed conflict that had begun in 1953.
The date records Batista’s departure from Cuba, not the beginning of the revolution.
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The Triumph of the Revolution is the historical term for the flight of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959, and the capture of Havana by the 26 July Movement on January 8. The flight of Batista from Cuba is marked by an official holiday on January 1.
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The territory administered by France became the independent Republic of Cameroon when the United Nations trusteeship ended. The southern part of the British-administered territory joined the republic in 1961.
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Western Samoa became independent of New Zealand on 1 January 1962, ending New Zealand’s administration of the United Nations trust territory. The new state was known as the Independent State of Western Samoa.
This date records independence taking effect, not the later change from Western Samoa to Samoa.
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Hong Kong’s police established the Juvenile Crime Investigation Section on 1 January 1963. It handled youth offending and followed up on the circumstances of young suspects, with an emphasis on rehabilitation.
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The animated series Astro Boy premiered on Fuji Television. Adapted from Osamu Tezuka's manga, it followed a robot boy with extraordinary powers.
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The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA; Dari: حزب دموکراتیک خلق افغانستان), known as the Homeland Party (Dari: حزب وطن, Hezb-e Watan) after June 1990, was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Afghanistan established on 1 January 1965. Four members of the party won seats in the 1965 Afghan parliamentary election, reduced to two seats in 1969, albeit both before the party was fully legal.
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1968 Emperor's Cup Final was the 48th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1969. Yanmar Diesel won the cup.
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1969 Emperor's Cup Final was the 49th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1970. Toyo Industries won the championship.
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Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It measures time by the number of non-leap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating systems.
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1970 Emperor's Cup Final was the 50th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1971. Yanmar Diesel won the championship.
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1971 Emperor's Cup Final was the 51st final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1972. Mitsubishi Motors won the championship.
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Kurt Josef Waldheim (Austrian German: [kʊrt ˈvaldhaɪm] ; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for the latter office in the 1986 election, the revelation of his service in Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II, and of his knowledge of Nazi atrocities as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht, raised international controversy.
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1972 Emperor's Cup Final was the 52nd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1973. Hitachi won the championship.
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1973 Emperor's Cup Final was the 53rd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1974. Mitsubishi Motors won the championship.
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1974 Emperor's Cup Final was the 54th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1975. Yanmar Diesel won the championship.
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1975 Emperor's Cup Final was the 55th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1976. Hitachi won the championship.
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Middle East Airlines Flight 438 a Boeing 720B, callsign CEDAR JET 438, was en route from Beirut to Abu Dhabi on 1 January 1976 when a bomb exploded in the forward cargo compartment. The aircraft broke up at an altitude of 11,300 metres (37,100 ft) and crashed 37 km (23 mi) northwest of Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all of its 81 passengers and crew.
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1976 Emperor's Cup Final was the 56th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1977. Furukawa Electric won the championship.
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Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed into the Arabian Sea about 3 km (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) off the coast of Bandra, less than two minutes after take-off, killing all 213 passengers and crew on board.
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1977 Emperor's Cup Final was the 57th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1978. Fujita Industries won the championship.
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1978 Emperor's Cup Final was the 58th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1979. Mitsubishi Motors won the championship.
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The Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on January 1, 1979 was announced on December 15, 1978 (16th in China), which established official relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (commonly called "China"). Its announcement coincided with the ending of U.S. official recognition of the Republic of China (now commonly known as "Taiwan"), which was announced by President Jimmy Carter in December 1978.
Diplomatic relations began on this date. The Taiwan Relations Act became law in April 1979 and was made retroactively effective from January 1.
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The Message to Compatriots in Taiwan (Chinese: 告台湾同胞书; pinyin: Gào Táiwān Tóngbāo Shū) is an open letter issued to Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party, eight minor political parties, the National People's Congress and other affiliated people's organizations after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is regarded as the earliest policy document of the Chinese Communist Party and the government of the People's Republic of China on cross-strait relations.
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1979 Emperor's Cup Final was the 59th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1980. Fujita Industries won the championship.
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1980 Emperor's Cup Final was the 60th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1981. Mitsubishi Motors won the championship.
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Greece became the tenth member of the European Communities when its accession treaty entered into force. The treaty had been signed in Athens in May 1979.
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1981 Emperor's Cup Final was the 61st final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1982. Nippon Kokan won the championship.
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The Peruvian diplomat Javier Pérez de Cuéllar began his first term as the United Nations’ fifth secretary-general. He succeeded Kurt Waldheim and was the first Latin American to hold the post.
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1982 Emperor's Cup Final was the 62nd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1983. Yamaha Motors won the championship.
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ARPANET began using TCP/IP for production service on 1 January 1983, replacing its earlier NCP protocol. The change allowed computers on different connected networks to use a common set of communication protocols. It was a major step in the development of the Internet, rather than the creation of every part of the Internet on a single day.
This date records ARPANET’s protocol transition. RFC 801 had set January 1, 1983 as the transition target; the retained historical account describes actual production use.
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1983 Emperor's Cup Final was the 63rd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1984. Nissan Motors won the championship.
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Brunei became independent of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984, ending British protection. This entry records independence taking effect; Brunei’s National Day celebrations are held on February 23.
January 1 is the date independence took effect, distinct from the February 23 National Day celebrations.
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On 1 January 1984, AT&T’s divestiture of its local telephone operating companies took effect. The companies were reorganized under the regional firms known as the Baby Bells. AT&T retained its long-distance business, while the separation ended the old Bell System structure.
January 1 records the divestiture taking effect, separate from the 1982 settlement.
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1984 Emperor's Cup Final was the 64th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1985. Yomiuri won the championship.
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was a scheduled international flight from Asunción, Paraguay, to Miami, Florida, United States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, the Boeing 727 jetliner struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m), killing all 29 people on board. The wreckage was scattered over a large area of a glacier covered with snow.
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Just after midnight, Michael Harrison used a portable phone in London’s Parliament Square to call his father, Vodafone chairman Ernest Harrison. It marked the start of service on Vodafone’s UK cellular network.
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1985 Emperor's Cup Final was the 65th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1986. Nissan Motors won the championship.
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1986 Emperor's Cup Final was the 66th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1987. Yomiuri won the championship.
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The 1987 League of Ireland Cup final was the final match of the 1986–87 League of Ireland Cup (called the Opel League Cup for sponsorship purposes), a knock-out association football competition contested annually by clubs affiliated with the League of Ireland. It took place on 1 January 1987 at Dalymount Park in Dublin, and was contested by Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers.
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1987 Emperor's Cup Final was the 67th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1988. Yomiuri won the championship.
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Three Lutheran denominations merged to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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1988 Emperor's Cup Final was the 68th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1989. Nissan Motors won the championship.
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The Montreal Protocol, officially the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was agreed on 16 September 1987, and was entered into force on 1 January 1989.
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1989 Emperor's Cup Final was the 69th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1990. Nissan Motors won the championship.
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David Dinkins took office as New York City's 106th mayor and its first African American mayor. His public inauguration was held on the steps of City Hall following a private swearing-in shortly after midnight.
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1990 Emperor's Cup Final was the 70th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1991. Matsushita Electric won the championship.
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1991 Emperor's Cup Final was the 71st final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1992. Nissan Motors won the championship.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali (14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali was the acting minister of foreign affairs of Egypt between 1977 and 1979. He oversaw the United Nations over a period coinciding with several world crises, including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide.
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1992 Emperor's Cup Final was the 72nd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1993. Yokohama Marinos won the championship.
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On 1 January 1993, Slovakia became an independent state following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The separation is often called the Velvet Divorce.
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A crowd crush during New Year celebrations in the Lan Kwai Fong area of Hong Kong killed 21 people.
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1993 Emperor's Cup Final was the 73rd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1994. Yokohama Flügels won the championship.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA), referred to colloquially in the Anglosphere as NAFTA ( NAF-tə), was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.
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Zapatista forces seized six towns and cities in the Chiapas highlands of Mexico on 1 January 1994. The action marked the beginning of that month’s armed conflict.
This date records the armed action, not the founding of the organization.
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The European Economic Area (EEA) is an international agreement that extends the common market of the European Union to three non-EU states: Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. The EEA was established on 1 January 1994 upon entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Governed by European law, the area aims to enable free movement of persons, goods, services, and capital within the European common market, including the freedom to choose residence in any country within this area.
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1994 Emperor's Cup Final was the 74th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1995. Bellmare Hiratsuka won the championship.
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On 1 January 1995, China Central Television’s sports channel CCTV-5 officially began broadcasting.
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The Marrakesh Agreement entered into force, establishing the World Trade Organization and giving the international trading system a permanent institution.
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A laser instrument on the Draupner platform measured a giant wave in the North Sea, giving researchers direct evidence that unusually large isolated waves can form.
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Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the European Union, increasing its membership from twelve countries to fifteen. Norway had also negotiated accession but remained outside after voters rejected membership in a referendum.
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1995 Emperor's Cup Final was the 75th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1996. Nagoya Grampus Eight won the championship.
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1996 Emperor's Cup Final was the 76th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1997. Verdy Kawasaki won the championship.
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1997 Emperor's Cup Final was the 77th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1998. Kashima Antlers won the championship.
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Russia began replacing its previous banknotes and coins at a rate of 1,000 old rubles to one new ruble. Old and new money circulated together during the transition.
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1998 Emperor's Cup Final was the 78th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1999. Yokohama Flügels won the championship.
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The euro was introduced for electronic payments and accounting in eleven European Union countries. Their exchange rates were fixed and the European Central Bank began conducting a single monetary policy. Euro notes and coins followed in 2002.
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1999 Emperor's Cup Final was the 79th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2000. Nagoya Grampus Eight won the championship.
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The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999 (SR 101) is the third and current federal constitution of Switzerland. It establishes the Swiss Confederation as a federal republic of 26 cantons (states). The document contains a catalogue of individual and popular rights (including the right to call for popular referendums on federal laws and constitutional amendments), delineates the responsibilities of the cantons and the Confederation and establishes the federal authorities of government.
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The IWRG 5th Anniversary Show was a major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion on January 1, 2001. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. As the name indicates the event commemorates the anniversary of IWRG, which was founded on January 1, 1996. The main event of the Anniversary show was a best two-out-of-three-falls eight-man tag team match won by Bombero Infernal, El Enterrador and Los Megas (Mega and Super Mega) as they defeated Black Dragon, Kato Kung Lee, Mike Segura and Tony Rivera two falls to one.
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2000 Emperor's Cup Final was the 80th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2001. Kashima Antlers won the championship.
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Greece became the twelfth member of the euro area. The euro became its official currency that day, while euro notes and coins entered circulation a year later.
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2001 Emperor's Cup Final was the 81st final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2002. Shimizu S-Pulse won the championship.
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The IWRG 7th Anniversary Show was a major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion on January 1, 2003. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. As the name indicates the event commemorates the anniversary of IWRG, which was founded on January 1, 1996. Due to incomplete records for many Mexican wrestling promotions in the 20th and early parts of the 21st century, only one match result has been verified.
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The Torneo Gran Alternativa (2003) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was a professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on January 1, 2003, in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's main venue, Arena México. The Gran Alternativa tournament features tag teams composed of a rookie, or novato, and a veteran wrestler for an elimination tournament.
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The 2002 Emperor's Cup Final was the 82nd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2003. Kyoto Purple Sanga won the match.
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The 'IWRG 8th Anniversary Show was a major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion on January 1, 2004. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. As the name indicates the event commemorates the anniversary of IWRG, which was founded on January 1, 1996.
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2003 Emperor's Cup Final was the 83rd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2004. Júbilo Iwata won the championship.
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A confidence vote was held by the Electoral College of Pakistan on 1 January 2004, in which Pervez Musharraf won 374 out of 702 votes. As a result, according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, he was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October, 2007.
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The Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئینِ پاکستان, romanised: Ā'īn-e-Pākistān; also known as the 1973 Constitution) is the supreme law of Pakistan. The document guides Pakistan's law, political culture, and system. It sets out the state's outline, the fundamental rights of the population, the state's law and orders, and also the structure and establishment of the institutions and the armed forces.
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.
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Lorin Maazel conducted the orchestra and chorus of Teatro La Fenice in music by Giuseppe Verdi, Amilcare Ponchielli and Gioachino Rossini. Rai broadcast the performance live.
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2004 Emperor's Cup Final was the 84th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2005. Tokyo Verdy won the championship 2-1 over Júbilo Iwata.
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2004 Empress's Cup Final was the 26th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2005. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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Fireworks were launched from Taipei 101 as the city welcomed 2005, beginning the tower's annual New Year fireworks tradition.
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New banknotes and coins entered circulation in Türkiye. One new lira replaced one million old lira.
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2005 Empress's Cup Final was the 27th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2006. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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2005 Emperor's Cup Final was the 85th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2006. Urawa Reds won the championship.
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On 1 January 2006, the Hong Kong Police Training School was upgraded to the Hong Kong Police College.
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The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank combined to form the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Their parent companies had merged the previous October.
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The repeal of China’s agricultural tax regulations took effect nationwide. The change followed a series of rural tax reforms and a decision by the legislature in December 2005.
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The Fall of Kismayo occurred on January 1, 2007, when the troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian forces entered the Somali city of Kismayo unopposed. It came after the Islamic Courts Union's forces faltered and fled in the Battle of Jilib, abandoning their final stronghold.
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2006 Empress's Cup Final was the 28th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2007. Tasaki Perule FC won the championship.
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2006 Emperor's Cup Final was the 86th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2007. Urawa Reds won the championship.
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Adam Air Flight 574 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by an Adam Air Boeing 737-400 between the Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Surabaya, and Manado that crashed into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi on 1 January 2007. All 102 people on board were killed, making it the deadliest aviation accident involving a 737-400.
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The 2006 Bangkok bombings occurred on 31 December 2006 and 1 January 2007, during New Year's Eve festivities in Bangkok, Thailand. Four explosions went off almost simultaneously in different parts of the city at around 18:00 local time (11:00 UTC), followed by several more explosions within the next 90 minutes. Two explosions also occurred after midnight. In total, eight explosions were reported during the night.
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Bulgaria and Romania became members of the European Union when their accession treaty entered into force.
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2007 Empress's Cup Final was the 29th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2008. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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2007 Emperor's Cup Final was the 87th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2008. Kashima Antlers won the championship.
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The Santika Club fire occurred on Thursday 1 January 2009, in the Santika Club nightclub in Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand, where New Year celebrations were taking place. A total of 66 people were killed and another 222 injured when fire swept through the nightclub during the New Year's celebration as a band, coincidentally called "Burn", was playing. By another coincidence, the party was named "Santika's Last Night". The fire broke out at 00:35 am. and citizens of thirteen countries were among the injured.
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Guerra del Golfo (January 2009) (Spanish for "Gulf War") was a major annual professional wrestling event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2009 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The annual Guerra del Golfo main event consists of three matches in total, with two "qualifying matches", multi-man steel cage matches where the last person left in the cage advances to the main event of the night.
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The Shaghzay ambush was a battle fought between police forces and Taliban militants in Afghanistan on 1 January 2009.
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2008 Empress's Cup Final was the 30th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2009. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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2008 Emperor's Cup Final was the 88th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2009. Gamba Osaka won the championship.
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Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas (2010), short for Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre (Spanish for "Projecting a new promise lightning tournament") was the first annual Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas professional wrestling event produced by the International Wrestling Revolution Group. It took place on January 1, 2010, at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. The focal point of the show was the Torneo Relampago de Proyeccion a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre tag team tournament where eight teams competed for the trophy.
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The 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing was a suicide blast which occurred on 1 January 2010, in the village of Shah Hasan Khel, Lakki Marwat District, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. At least 105 people died and over 100 were injured, many of them critically, when the suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle filled with explosives in the middle of a crowd that had gathered to watch a volleyball game.
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2009 Empress's Cup Final was the 31st final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2010. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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2009 Emperor's Cup Final was the 89th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2010. Gamba Osaka won the championship.
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The 2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish was an armed skirmish between soldiers of the Eritrean and the Ethiopian armies fought at the border town of Zalambesa after Eritrea claimed that Ethiopian forces crossed the border. The Ethiopian Government claimed Eritrea was trying to cover up an internal crisis by implicating Ethiopia.
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China and six founding participants in the ASEAN–China Free Trade Area removed tariffs on most goods covered by the agreement’s normal track. Four other ASEAN members had a later deadline.
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UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2010 Empress's Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2011. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
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2010 Emperor's Cup Final was the 90th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2011. Kashima Antlers won the championship.
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Twenty-three people were killed and another ninety-seven were injured in a bombing attack targeting Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year's Day, 1 January 2011. The attack occurred as the Christian worshipers were leaving a church. The attack was the deadliest act of violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians in a decade, since the Kosheh massacre in 2000 left 20 Copts dead.
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The Hopman Cup XXIII (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 23rd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 1 January 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia. The tournament was contested on hard courts. The tournament was attended by over seventy eight thousand people over the course of the week.
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The euro entered circulation in Estonia, replacing the kroon. Estonia became the 17th member of the euro area.
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The IWRG 16th Anniversary Show was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The event commemorated the creation of IWRG on January 1, 1996 by promoter Adolfo Moreno. In the main event Multifacético (the fourth wrestler to use that name} defeated Apolo Estrada, Jr. in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match, where both wrestlers put their hair on the line and as a result Estrada Jr. was shaved bald after the match.
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The Final of the 2011 Emperor's Cup was held at National Olympic Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo on 1 January 2012. The match was contested between two second division sides, Kyoto Sanga FC who were defeated by FC Tokyo in regulation time.
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2011 Empress's Cup Final was the 33rd final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2012. INAC Kobe Leonessa won the championship.
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The IWRG 17th Anniversary Show was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2013 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The main event was a lucha libre special stipulation match, the Relevos Suicidas Tag Team match. In a Relevos Suicida match the first two wrestlers pinned are forced to wrestle against each other with a wager on the line. In the main event the teams consisted of rivals Oficial 911 and El Angel teaming up to take on Oficial Factor and Hijo de Pirata Morgan who had been rivals as well.
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2012 Emperor's Cup Final was the 92nd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2013. Kashiwa Reysol won the championship.
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A crowd crush in the Plateau district of Abidjan, near the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, killed at least 61 people in the early hours of New Year's Day. The city had held a fireworks display nearby.
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The IWRG 18th Anniversary Show was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2014 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The show commemorated the creation of the IWRG 18 years prior on January 1, 1996 when Adolfo "Pirata" Moreno took over running the wrestling in Arena Naucalpan and turned it into the IWRG. The main event featured the team of Lizmark, Jr., Vampiro Canadiense and Villano IV, three established wrestlers who had not worked for IWRG on a regular basis prior to the show taking on three IWRG full-time wrestlers in the team of Cien Caras, Jr., Super Nova and X-Fly.
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La Copa Junior (2014) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on January 1, 2014 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring La Copa Junior tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other.
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2013 Emperor's Cup Final was the 93rd final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2014. Yokohama F. Marinos won the championship.
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The IWRG 19th Anniversary Show was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on January 1, 2015 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The show commemorated the creation of the IWRG 19 years prior on January 1, 1996 when Adolfo "Pirata" Moreno took over running the wrestling in Arena Naucalpan and turned it into the IWRG.
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Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) was the official name used by the U.S. government for the mission succeeding Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in continuation of the war in Afghanistan as part of the larger global war on terrorism. Operation Freedom's Sentinel was part of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, which began on January 1, 2015. OFS had two components: counterterrorism and working with allies as part of Resolute Support.
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2014 Empress's Cup Final was the 36th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2015. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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The year 2015 is the 23rd year in the history of the K-1. 2015 starts with K-1 China vs. USA, and ends with K-1 World GP 2015 The Championship.
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Sin Piedad (2016) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on January 1, 2016 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show replaced CMLL's regular Friday night show Super Viernes ("Super Friday"). The 2016 Sin Piedad was the twelfth event under that name that CMLL has promoted, the first one to be held on New Year's Day. The original main event match between Thunder and Último Guerrero was changed eight days before the show.
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2015 Emperor's Cup Final was the 95th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 2016. Gamba Osaka won the championship.
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Prisión Fatal (2017) was a professional wrestling major event, scripted and produced by the Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion. The event took on January 1, 2017, at "Arena Naucalpan" in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, IWRG's main venue. The show was also the IWRG 21st Anniversary Show, marking the creation of IWRG on January 1, 1996.
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Sin Piedad (2017) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling event scripted and produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on January 1, 2017 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2017 Sin Piedad was the 13th event under that name that CMLL has promoted since the first one was held in 2000, the second one to be held on New Year's Day.
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2016 Emperor's Cup Final was the 96th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Suita City Football Stadium in Osaka on January 1, 2017. Kashima Antlers won the championship.
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The Istanbul nightclub shooting (also known as Reina massacre in Turkey) was a mass shooting that occurred on 1 January 2017 around 01:15 local time, in which a terrorist shot and killed 39 people and wounded 79 others at the Reina nightclub in the Ortaköy neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, where hundreds had been celebrating New Year's Day. Uzbekistan-born Abdulkadir Masharipov was arrested in Istanbul on 17 January 2017.
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Sin Piedad (2018) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The Sin Piedad show took place on January 1, 2018 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2018 Sin Piedad was the 14th event under the Sin Piedad name and the third year in a row CMLL has held the show on New Year's Day.
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The IWRG 22nd Anniversary Show was a major annual lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion on January 1, 2018. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. As the name indicates the event commemorates the anniversary of IWRG, which was founded on January 1, 1996.
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2017 Emperor's Cup Final was the 97th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on January 1, 2018. Cerezo Osaka won the championship.
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The IWRG 23rd Anniversary Show was a major annual lucha libre supercard produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion that took place on January 1, 2019. The show was held in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, which is IWRG's primary venue. As the name indicates the event commemorates the anniversary of IWRG, which was founded on January 1, 1996.
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2018 Empress's Cup Final was the 40th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Panasonic Stadium Suita in Osaka on January 1, 2019. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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Sin Piedad (2019) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The 2019 Sin Piedad show was held on January 1, the fourth successive year that CMLL had held the show on New Year's Day, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico.
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The 2019 Emperor's Cup Final was an association football match between Vissel Kobe and Kashima Antlers on 1 January 2020 at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. It was the inaugural sporting event in the stadium, newly opened for the 2020 Olympic Games. It was the 99th edition Emperor's Cup, organised by the Japan Football Association (JFA). Vissel Kobe were playing in their first ever Emperor's Cup final.
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Sin Piedad (2020) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a major professional wrestling supercard show, produced and scripted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The Sin Piedad show tookplace on January 1, 2020 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2020 Sin Piedad was the 15th event under the Sin Piedad name and the fifth year in a row CMLL has held the show on New Year's Day.
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The Cinco Luchas en Jaula (Spanish for "Five matches in cages") was a professional wrestling supercard produced and scripted by the Mexican International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion that took take place on January 1, 2020.
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The 2020 Emperor's Cup final was the final of the 100th edition of the Emperor's Cup, the 2020 Emperor's Cup. The match was contested at the newly rebuilt Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. The J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale completed the double by beating the league's runners-up Gamba Osaka 1–0 in the final, earning their first Emperor's Cup title.
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Day 1 was a 2022 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the inaugural Day 1 and took place on January 1, 2022, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was the company's only PPV and livestreaming event to take place on New Year's Day.
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The year 2022 is the 19th year in the history of the Wu Lin Feng, a Chinese kickboxing promotion. The events are broadcast on Henan Television in mainland China and streamed on Douyin and Xigua Video.
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The euro entered circulation in Croatia, which became the 20th member of the euro area. The previous currency, the kuna, remained usable for cash payments during a short transition.
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The 2024 Day 1 (marketed as Raw: Day 1) was the second Day 1 professional wrestling event produced by WWE, and the first to air as a television special. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The event took place on New Year's Day on January 1, 2024, at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, and aired live as a special episode of Monday Night Raw on the USA Network.
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On 1 January 2024, at 16:10:09 JST (07:10:09 UTC), a MJMA7.6 (Mw7.5) earthquake struck 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Suzu, located on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The reverse-faulting shock achieved a maximum JMA seismic intensity of Shindo 7 and Modified Mercalli intensity of X–XI (Extreme). The shaking and accompanying tsunami caused widespread destruction on the Noto Peninsula, particularly in the towns of Suzu, Wajima, Noto and Anamizu.
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On 1 January 2024, the Taiwan Railway Administration became Taiwan Railway Corporation.
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The 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie, featuring an early version of Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain in the United States.
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On January 1, 2025, an Islamist domestic terrorist attack occurred when Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old African-American Muslim man, rammed a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot. Fourteen victims were killed, plus the perpetrator, and at least fifty-seven others were injured, including two police officers who were shot.
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On 1 January 2026 at 01:26 (CET), during New Year celebrations, a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar in the ski-resort town of Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland. Forty-one people died in the fire, and 115 others were injured, with 83 initially being treated for severe burns. Intensive care units in Valais reached capacity, and victims were transported to hospitals in other parts of Switzerland and to other European countries.
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The euro entered circulation in Bulgaria, which became the 21st member of the euro area. The lev and euro circulated together during a one-month transition.
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