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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)
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)
The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. 1902 - The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
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.
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From today's featured list Al Dexter In 1944, the American magazine Billboard published its first chart ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States , under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk Records.
From today's featured article The Battle of Calais took place in the early morning of 1 January 1350, during the Hundred Years' War . English troops in the occupied French city of Calais ambushed and defeated an unsuspecting French force which was attempting to take the city.