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World Day of Peace; Telemachus; Zygmunt Gorazdowski; January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year ; Second day of Hogmanay December 31-January 1, in some cases until January 2. The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, while cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year.
1966 - A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins. 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. 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.
Highlights of Today in History: Fidel Castro seizes power in Cuba; Abraham Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation; Ellis Island opens; Hank Williams Senior dies. (Jan. 1)
Daily holidays and observances in January 2024 January 1. Apple Gifting Day. Global Family Day. National Bloody Mary Day. National Hangover Day. New Year’s Day. Polar Bear Plunge Day.
January 1: Public Domain Day; Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Roman Rite Catholicism) Ellis Island 1068 – Having been pardoned by Eudokia Makrembolitissa , the regent of the Byzantine Empire , for attempting to usurp the throne, Romanos VI Diogenes married her to become Byzantine emperor .
This was probably May 1 before 222 BC, March 15 from 222 BC to 154 BC, [15] and January 1 from 153 BC. [16] In 45 BC, when Julius Caesar's new Julian calendar took effect, the Senate fixed January 1 as the first day of the year. At that time, this was the date on which those who were to hold civil office assumed their official position, and it ...
On January 7, 1789 the first ... This day in history: First presidential election in the United States. Alexis Jackson. Updated July 14, 2016 at 7:45 PM. This Day in History, January 7, 2016.