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Today in History: January 1


45 BC
Julian calendar takes effect for the first time by edict of Roman dictator Julius Caesar

1
Origin of the Christian Era

404
Last gladiator competition in Rome

1586
Sir Francis Drake launches a surprise attack on the heavily fortified city of Santo Domingo in Hispanola.

1788
The Times, London's oldest running newspaper, publishes its first edition.

1808 A U.S. law banning the import of slaves comes into effect, but is widely ignored.

1824
The Camp Street Theatre opens as the first English-language playhouse in New Orleans.

1863
Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union General William Rosecrans readjust their troops as the Battle of Murfreesboro continues.

1891
Facilities opened on Ellis Island, New York, to cope with the vast flood of immigrants coming into the United States.

1915
The German submarine U-24 sinks the British battleship Formidable in the English Channel.

1918
The first gasoline pipeline begins operation. Along the 40 miles and three inches of pipe from Salt Creek to Casper, Wyoming.

1937
At a party at the Hormel Mansion in Minnesota, a guest wins $100 for naming a new canned meat--Spam.

2019
Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's Wall' across state of Kerala, India, in support of women's access to temple of Sabarimala

2020
Pro-Iranian protesters end siege of US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq

2023
Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]



Born on January 1

1735 Paul Revere, U.S. patriot.

1752 Betsy Ross, flag maker.

1895 J. Edgar Hoover, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

JOKE of the Day

A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves.

The boy sees a worm trying to crawl into an anthill. "I bet fifty bucks that I can get that worm into that anthill!" says the boy. "Your on," says the grandfather. "That worm is too wiggly."
The boy runs into the house, comes back with a can of hairspray, and sprays it on the worm until the worm is as straight and stiff as a board. The old man pays his grandson fifty dollars.
At dinner time, the man gives the boy another fifty dollars. "I though you already gave me my fifty bucks!" says the boy. "I did," says the grandfather. "This is from your granny."?