Top 10 Things that Happened on January 1st

The Top Ten

1 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states.

Yup, a great achievement!

2 1942 - United Nations Established

3 1958 - The European Community Established

4 1901 - Commonwealth Of Australia Created

5 1772 - The first traveler’s cheques go on sale in London

6 1985 - First Mobile Phone Call

The British comedian Ernie Wise makes the First Mobile Phone Call to Vodafone.

7 1937 - Safety Glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain

8 1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created

9 2000 - New Millennium

10 404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome

404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome not found.

The Contenders

11 1808 - Congress prohibits importation of slaves

12 1968 - The Netherlands gets color TV

13 1788 - Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves

They did it before The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

14 1502 - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro

15 1906 - Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory

16 1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston

17 1947- Britain nationalizes its coal industry

18 1852 - The Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps

19 1966 - All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"

20 1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)

21 1600 - Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March

22 1785 - "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue

23 1998 - All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

24 1948 - British railways are nationalized to form British Rail

25 1700 - Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire

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