Today is Thursday, January 1, the first day of 2009. 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
1776 _ General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
1863 _ Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln
1873 _ Origin of Japanese Era
1912 _ Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
1992 _ Europe breaks down trade barriers
1993 _ Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia
1995 _ International Year of Tolerance