January 1, 1735 - Paul Revere, American Revolution patriot, is born.

January 1, 1752 - Betsy Ross, credited with sewing the first American flag, is born.

January 1, 1850 - Minot's Ledge, near Boston, is lighted. It is the first iron-piling lighthouse.

January 1, 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It calls for the liberation of black slaves in southern states.

January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island Immigration Station opens in New York.

January 1, 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director for more than 25 years, is born.

January 1, 1898 - New York City is created as Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx are combined.

January 1, 1902 - United States inventor Nathan Stubblefield makes the first public radio broadcast.

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January 1, 1902 - The first Rose Bowl (the Tournament of Roses football game) is played in California.

January 1, 1919 - As he succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of Ford Motor Company, Edsel Ford raises the the minimum wage by 20 percent.

January 1, 1937 - The Hormel Company names its famous creation - Spam.

January 1, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill launch the United Nations. Governments of 26 countries signed the declaration.

January 1, 1978 - The United States officially recognizes the People's Republic of China.

 

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die." - Dwight D. Eisenhower