SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2011

Today is Saturday, January 1, the first day of 2011. There are 364 days left in the year.

4714 B.C. ― Origin of Julian Period (Year 0)

1 ― Origin of Christian Era

1701 ― Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom

1788 ― London's Daily Universal Register becomes the Times

1861 ― President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful

1899 ― Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S. (National Day) (U.S. occupies till 1902)

1923 ― Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established

1946 ― Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god

1951 ― Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on U.N.-lines

1979 ― U.S. and China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations