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  Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union on January - 01.   

1995  On this day in history centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory   

1995  Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as President of Brazil on January - 01.   

1995  On January - 01 international Year of Tolerance   

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  On this day in history curaçao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)   

1998  All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week   

1998  On this day in history 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.   

1998  US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 on this day in history.   

1999  International Year of Elderly on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute.   

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

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

2007  On January - 01 angola joins OPEC.   

2007  On this day in history bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.   

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

2007  Slovenia adopts the euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar on January - 01.   

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

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

2009  On this day in history 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 January - 01 slovakia officially adopts e Euro currency and becomes e sixteen Eurozone country.   

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

2010  Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden on January - 01.   

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 this day in history michael van Gerwen defeats Peter Wright to win the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship   

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

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

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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  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

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

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

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

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

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  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

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.