Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 1
This is a list of selected January 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Fulgencio Batista
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1801 – The Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain merged to form the United Kingdom, adding Saint Patrick's Saltire to the Union Flag. | refimprove section |
| 1808 – As a result of the lobbying efforts by the Abolitionist Movement, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned, although slavery itself was not yet abolished. | lead too long; Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves not linked: refimprove |
| 1818 – Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley, was first published in London. | plot summary too long |
| 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, was first held, eventually becoming an annual event that is currently watched on television by millions in more than 200 countries and territories. | {{refimprove}} |
| 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia. | needs more footnotes |
| 1959 – Cuban President Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana, marking the end of the Cuban Revolution. | refimprove section |
| 1995 – The World Trade Organization, the international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade, came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. | appears on April 15 |
Eligible
- 45 BC – The Roman Republic adopted the Julian calendar.
- 1739 – Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote island in the world, was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- 1800 – Quasi-War: An American convoy of four merchant vessels escorted by a schooner was attacked by a squadron of armed barges manned by Haitians.
- 1801 – Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of growing plants and of motherly love.
- 1810 – Lachlan Macquarie became Governor of New South Wales, eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development of the colony in Australia.
- 1892 – The immigration station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened, and would, over the course of its existence, process twelve million immigrants to the United States.
- 1945 – Second World War: The German Luftwaffe executed Operation Bodenplatte in an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.
- 1948 – British Railways came into existence when the "Big Four" railway companies were nationalised.
- 1994 – The revolutionary leftist Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiated twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
- 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappeared near Polewali, Indonesia, when the pilots inadvertently disconnected the autopilot.
Notes
- MV Senopati Nusantara appears on December 30, so Adam Air Flight 574 should not appear in the same year.
January 1: New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar); Independence Day in Brunei (1984), Haiti (1804), Samoa (1962) and Sudan (1956)
- 1068 – Having been pardoned by the regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa for attempting to usurp the throne, Romanos IV Diogenes married her to become Byzantine emperor.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The town of Norfolk, Virginia, was destroyed by the combined actions of British and Whig forces.
- 1785 – The Times, the first newspaper of that name, began publication in London as The Daily Universal Register.
- 1928 – Personal secretary to Josef Stalin Boris Bazhanov crossed the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union.
- 1983 – The ARPANET changed its core networking protocols from NCP to TCP/IP, marking the beginning of the Internet (visualization of routing paths pictured) as we know it today.