Significant Events 1 – 5
2) 630 – Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly.
3) 1515 – King Francis I of France (France’s first Renaissance monarch) succeeds to the French throne.
4) 1772 – The first traveler’s cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.
5) 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
Significant Events 6 – 10
7) 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
8) 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and first independent country in the West Indies.
9) 1808 – The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
10) 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation (pictured above) takes effect in Confederate territory.
Significant Events 11 – 15
11) 1877 – Queen Victoria of Britain is proclaimed Empress of India.
12) 1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
13) 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton (pictured above) is appointed the first Prime Minister.
14) 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena.
15) 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City’s Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
Significant Events 16 – 20
17) 1934 – Alcatraz Island (pictured above) becomes a United States federal prison.
18) 1934 – Nazi Germany passes the “Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring”.
19) 1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
20) 1958 – The European Community is established.
Significant Events 21 – 25
21) 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces during the Cuban Revolution.
22) 1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
23) 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television (vintage cigarette commercial above).
24) 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
25) 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
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