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