Historical Events In January - 01

1994  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect on this day in history.  

1994  The North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect on January - 01.  

1995  On January - 01 austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union  

1995  Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory on this day in history.  

1995  On January - 01 fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as President of Brazil  

1995  International Year of Tolerance on January - 01.  

1995  On January - 01 last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)  

1995  On January - 01 raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for first wicket for Delhi  

1996  On January - 01 after 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin  

1996  Curaçao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) on January - 01.  

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1998  On this day in history all California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free  

1998  Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week on this day in history.  

1998  The Ontario Southland Railway takes over the operation of the Guelph Junction Railway (formerly the Goderich subdivision) which had been leased by CP from the City of Guelph since 1888. The Ontario Southland also took over the 3.1 mile remnant of the CP owned Guelph and Goderich Railway on this day in history.  

1998  On this day in history uS Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733  

1999  On this day in history international Year of Elderly  

2006  Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute on this day in history.  

2006  Sydney, Australia, has its hottest day on record, when the city swelters in 45°C (113° F) heat on this day in history.  

2007  Adam Air Flight 574, a routine domestic flight in Indonesia, disappears; debris are found 10 days later, but the aircraft remains missing on this day in history.  

2007  Angola joins OPEC on January - 01.  

2007  Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union on January - 01.  

2007  On this day in history hong Kong's new smoking law starts. From this day onwards, smoking is prohibited in clubs, karaoke bars, restaurants, and all public places.  

2007  Slovenia adopts the euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar on this day in history.  

2007  South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes the new United Nations Secretary-General, replacing Kofi Annan on January - 01.  

2007  On this day in history war in Somalia: Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union abandon their last stronghold in Kismayo and flee for the Kenyan border.  

2009  On January - 01 61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, ailand.  

2009  e government of e Republic of China adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before is time, e mo commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin on this day in history.  

2009  On this day in history slovakia officially adopts e Euro currency and becomes e sixteen Eurozone country.  

2010  On January - 01 a suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.  

2010  On this day in history spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.  

2011  On this day in history estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth Eurozone country.  

2013  13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Columbian military on January - 01.  

2014  On January - 01 michael van Gerwen defeats Peter Wright to win the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship  

2017  Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres becomes United Nations Secretary General, replacing South Korean Ban Ki-moon on this day in history.  

2018  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says recent unrest "is nothing" after 30 people killed in 5 days of anti government demonstrations on January - 01.  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.  

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.  

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.  

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.