The French Republican Calendar is abolished The French Republican Calendar was a revolutionary system of timekeeping introduced during the French Revolution to break decisively with…
Tag: 1 January
1 January 1788
The first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published. The Times of London is one of the United Kingdom’s…
1 January 1808
The United States bans the importation of slaves. The full title of the act is “An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves into any…
1 January 1948
The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways on 1 January 1948.
1 January 1983
The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
1 January 2007
Bulgaria and Romania join the EU. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_enlargement_of_the_European_Union’]
1 January 1995
The World Trade Organization comes into existence. The World Trade Organization is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1…
1 January 1651
Charles II is crowned as King of Scotland. Charles II lived from 29 May 1630 to 6 February 1685. Legally, he became King of England,…
1 January 1934
Alcatraz Island, in the San Francisco Bay, becomes a United States federal prison. The federal prison on Alcatraz Island in the chilly waters of California’s…