Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year/Template
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| January | ||||||
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| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 2024 | ||||||
| January 1 in recent years |
| 2024 (Monday) |
| 2023 (Sunday) |
| 2022 (Saturday) |
| 2021 (Friday) |
| 2020 (Wednesday) |
| 2019 (Tuesday) |
| 2018 (Monday) |
| 2017 (Sunday) |
| 2016 (Friday) |
| 2015 (Thursday) |
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is preceded by December 31 (in the previous year), and succeeded by January 2. Following January 1, there are 364 days in the year (365 in leap years).
Events edit
Pre-1600 edit
- 153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.[1]
- 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.[2]
- 1600 – Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.[3]
1601–1900 edit
- 1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba.[4]
1901–present edit
- 1901 – The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire.[5]
- 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.[6]
- 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.[7]
- 2017 – An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others.[8]
Births edit
Pre-1600 edit
- 1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)[9]
1601–1900 edit
- 1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)[10]
- 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (d. 1986)[11]
- 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1990)[12]
1901–present edit
- 1902 – Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)[13]
- 1902 – Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)[14]
- 1998 – Patrick Carrigan, Australian rugby league player[15]
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Deaths edit
Pre-1600 edit
1601–1900 edit
1901–present edit
Holidays and observances edit
- Many countries around the world using Gregorian calendar - New Year's Day; often celebrated at 0:00 with fireworks.
- Vienna New Year's Concert
- United States - Copyright Expiration Day, celebrating the expiration of the copyright of a year's worth of works of authorship into the public domain. Not celebrated from 1978 to 2018 because of repeated copyright term extensions.
- Catholicism - Octave of Christmas, Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
- Haiti Independence Day
- Taiwan Founding of Republic of China.
- Sudan Independence Day
- Cuba Liberation Day
- Slovakia: Establishment of Slovak Republic.
- Switzerland: The new President of the Confederation takes office for one year.
- Last day of Kwanzaa
- Pasadena, California - The Tournament of Roses parade and, traditionally, the Rose Bowl
References edit
- ^ Gordon, Arthur Ernest (1983). Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy. University of California Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-520-03898-1.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., William Benton Publisher. 1973. ISBN 978-0-85229-173-3.
- ^ Lindsay, Robert (1899). The Historie and Cronicles of Scotland: From the Slauchter of King James the First to the Ane Thousande Fyve Hundreith Thrie Scoir Fyftein Zeir. Society.
- ^ Steinberg, S. (26 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. pp. 912–. ISBN 978-0-230-27094-7.
- ^ Oluniyi, Olufemi Olayinka (9 August 2017). Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria: The Space for Public Apology. Frontier Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-978-949-527-6.
- ^ Meekins, Jeannie. Sir Edmund Barton: The First Prime Minister of Australia: Educational Version. Learning Island. pp. 15–. GGKEY:PBLCUNU87RW.
- ^ Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-57167-116-5.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni. "Turkish court remands 44 in nightclub attack trial". Yeni Şafak. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ Chambers's Encyclopædia. Edinburgh. 1892.
- ^ Randel Don (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
- ^ Pierre Moulin (2007). Dachau, Holocaust, and US Samurais: Nisei Soldiers First in Dachau?. AuthorHouse. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-4259-3801-7.
- ^ Matt S. Meier (1 January 1997). Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-29105-0.
- ^ "Buster Nupen". cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Ilona Von Dohnanyi; James A. Grymes (12 July 2002). Ernst von Dohnányi: A Song of Life. Indiana University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-253-10928-0.
- ^ "Patrick Carrigan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to WikiProject Days of the year/Template.
- BBC: On This Day
- The New York Times: On This Day
- Historical Events on January 1
- On This Day in Canada