January 1
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States, went into effect.
1863 - Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be "forever free".
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, was born.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.
1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1908 - The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr. died of a drug and alcohol overdose at age 29.
1954 - NBC broadcast the first coast-to-coast color TV program as it presented live coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
1959 - Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime.
1975 - John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
1979 - The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984 - AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1992 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar as secretary-general of the United Nations.
1993 - Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
2002 - Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey launched her own cable television network, OWN.
2014 - The nation's first legal recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado.
2019 - Militiamen backed by Iran withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with American security forces.
Birthdays
20 - Angourie Rice (actress)
22 - Diamond White
25 - Noah Sierota (musician)
34 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
35 - Colin Morgan (actor)
36 - Donia Samir Ghanem (actress)
40 - Eden Riegel (actress)
40 - Jonas Armstrong (actor)
41 - Elin Nordegren (model)
52 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
55 - Brian Flynn (country singer)
57 - Dedee Pfeiffer (actress)
63 - Renn Woods (actor)
63 - Grandmaster Flash (rapper)
75 - Rick Hurst (actor)
83 - Frank Langella (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last recorded Gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl was played in Pasadena, California with Michigan defeating Stanford 49-0.
1933 - The first Orange Bowl was played, Miami (FL) defeated Manhattan 7-0.
1935 - The first Sugar Bowl was played, Tulane defeated Temple 20-14.
1935 - The first Sun Bowl was played, Hardin Simmons and New Mexico State played to a 14-14 tie.
1937 - The first Cotton Bowl was played, TCU defeated Marquette 16-6.
1941 - #2 Stanford defeated #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl. NU ends the season at 8-2 and ranked #7.
1955 - #14 Duke defeated Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 Auburn 13-7 to win the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season with a 10-1 record and ranked #6 (AP) and #5 (UPI) in the final polls.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeats #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-2 and ranked #6 in the final polls.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeats #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 10-1 and ranked #3 (UPI) and #5 (AP) in the final polls.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in the NFL championship game.
1967 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills 31-7 in the AFL championship game.
1971 - #3 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 17-12 to win the Orange Bowl and the program's first national championship. NU ends the season with a 11-0-1 record and ranked #1 (AP) and #3 (UPI) in the final polls.
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship; NU ends the season with a 13-0 record and ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeats #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the year at 9-2-1 and ranked #4 (AP) and #9 (UPI) in the final polls.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeats #8 Texas 19-3 to win the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-2-1 and ranked #7 (AP) and #11 (UPI) in the final polls.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeated #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #8 in the final polls.
1980 - #8 Houston defeats #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season with a 10-2 record and ranked #7 (UPI) and #9 (AP) in the final polls.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeats #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-3 and ranked #9 (UPI) and #11 (AP) in the final polls.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeats #13 LSU 21-20 to win the Orange Bowl and end the year with a 12-1 record and ranked #3 in the final polls.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeats #12 LSU 28-10 to win the Sugar Bowl. NU ends the season with a 10-2 record and ranked #3 (UPI) and #4 (AP) in the final polls.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeats #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #10 (UPI) and #11 (AP) in the final polls.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl to end the year at 10-2. NU is ranked #4 (UPI) and #5 (AP) in the final polls.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeats #5 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the year at 10-2 and ranked #6 in the final polls.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeats #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the season at 10-2 and ranked #11 (AP) and #12 (UPI) in the final polls.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #17 (UPI) and #24 (AP) in the final polls.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeats #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl. NU ends the year at 9-2-1 and ranked #15 (AP) and #16 (Coaches) in the final polls.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeats #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl. NU ends the season at 9-3 and ranked #14 in the final polls.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeats #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 11-1 and ranked #3 in the final polls.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 to win the Orange Bowl and the third national championship in program history. NU finishes the year with a 13-0 record and ranked #1 in the final polls.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeats #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-5 record and unranked in the final polls.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Clemson 26-21 to win the Gaytor Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-4 record and unranked in the final polls.
2010 - Third-ranked TCU finished a perfect season with a 21-19 win over No. 4 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeats #23 Nebraska 45-31 to win the Capital One Bowl. NU ends the season with a 10-4 record and ranked #25 (AP) and #23 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2014 - Nebraska defeats #23 Georgia 24-19 to win the Gaytor Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-4 record and ranked #25 in the final Coaches Poll.
2015 - In the first College Football Playoff semifinals, #2 Oregon defeats #3 Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl, while #4 Ohio State defeats #1 Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl.
2017 - In the College Football Playoff, semifinals, #4 Alabama defeated #1 Clemson 24-6 in the Sugar Bowl, while #3 Georgia defeated #2 Oklahoma 54-48 in double overtime in the Rose Bowl.
2019 - Former NBA commissioner David Stern died at age 77, three weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States, went into effect.
1863 - Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be "forever free".
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, was born.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.
1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1908 - The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
1914 - The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr. died of a drug and alcohol overdose at age 29.
1954 - NBC broadcast the first coast-to-coast color TV program as it presented live coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
1959 - Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime.
1975 - John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
1979 - The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984 - AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1992 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar as secretary-general of the United Nations.
1993 - Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
2002 - Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey launched her own cable television network, OWN.
2014 - The nation's first legal recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado.
2019 - Militiamen backed by Iran withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with American security forces.
Birthdays
20 - Angourie Rice (actress)
22 - Diamond White
25 - Noah Sierota (musician)
34 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
35 - Colin Morgan (actor)
36 - Donia Samir Ghanem (actress)
40 - Eden Riegel (actress)
40 - Jonas Armstrong (actor)
41 - Elin Nordegren (model)
52 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
55 - Brian Flynn (country singer)
57 - Dedee Pfeiffer (actress)
63 - Renn Woods (actor)
63 - Grandmaster Flash (rapper)
75 - Rick Hurst (actor)
83 - Frank Langella (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last recorded Gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl was played in Pasadena, California with Michigan defeating Stanford 49-0.
1933 - The first Orange Bowl was played, Miami (FL) defeated Manhattan 7-0.
1935 - The first Sugar Bowl was played, Tulane defeated Temple 20-14.
1935 - The first Sun Bowl was played, Hardin Simmons and New Mexico State played to a 14-14 tie.
1937 - The first Cotton Bowl was played, TCU defeated Marquette 16-6.
1941 - #2 Stanford defeated #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl. NU ends the season at 8-2 and ranked #7.
1955 - #14 Duke defeated Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 Auburn 13-7 to win the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season with a 10-1 record and ranked #6 (AP) and #5 (UPI) in the final polls.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeats #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-2 and ranked #6 in the final polls.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeats #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 10-1 and ranked #3 (UPI) and #5 (AP) in the final polls.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in the NFL championship game.
1967 - The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills 31-7 in the AFL championship game.
1971 - #3 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 17-12 to win the Orange Bowl and the program's first national championship. NU ends the season with a 11-0-1 record and ranked #1 (AP) and #3 (UPI) in the final polls.
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win a second consecutive national championship; NU ends the season with a 13-0 record and ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeats #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the year at 9-2-1 and ranked #4 (AP) and #9 (UPI) in the final polls.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeats #8 Texas 19-3 to win the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-2-1 and ranked #7 (AP) and #11 (UPI) in the final polls.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeated #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #8 in the final polls.
1980 - #8 Houston defeats #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU ends the season with a 10-2 record and ranked #7 (UPI) and #9 (AP) in the final polls.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeats #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 9-3 and ranked #9 (UPI) and #11 (AP) in the final polls.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeats #13 LSU 21-20 to win the Orange Bowl and end the year with a 12-1 record and ranked #3 in the final polls.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeats #12 LSU 28-10 to win the Sugar Bowl. NU ends the season with a 10-2 record and ranked #3 (UPI) and #4 (AP) in the final polls.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeats #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #10 (UPI) and #11 (AP) in the final polls.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl to end the year at 10-2. NU is ranked #4 (UPI) and #5 (AP) in the final polls.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeats #5 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the year at 10-2 and ranked #6 in the final polls.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeats #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl. NU ends the season at 10-2 and ranked #11 (AP) and #12 (UPI) in the final polls.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-3 record and ranked #17 (UPI) and #24 (AP) in the final polls.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeats #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl. NU ends the year at 9-2-1 and ranked #15 (AP) and #16 (Coaches) in the final polls.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeats #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl. NU ends the season at 9-3 and ranked #14 in the final polls.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeats #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl; NU ends the season at 11-1 and ranked #3 in the final polls.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 to win the Orange Bowl and the third national championship in program history. NU finishes the year with a 13-0 record and ranked #1 in the final polls.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeats #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-5 record and unranked in the final polls.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Clemson 26-21 to win the Gaytor Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-4 record and unranked in the final polls.
2010 - Third-ranked TCU finished a perfect season with a 21-19 win over No. 4 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeats #23 Nebraska 45-31 to win the Capital One Bowl. NU ends the season with a 10-4 record and ranked #25 (AP) and #23 (Coaches) in the final polls.
2014 - Nebraska defeats #23 Georgia 24-19 to win the Gaytor Bowl. NU ends the season with a 9-4 record and ranked #25 in the final Coaches Poll.
2015 - In the first College Football Playoff semifinals, #2 Oregon defeats #3 Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl, while #4 Ohio State defeats #1 Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl.
2017 - In the College Football Playoff, semifinals, #4 Alabama defeated #1 Clemson 24-6 in the Sugar Bowl, while #3 Georgia defeated #2 Oklahoma 54-48 in double overtime in the Rose Bowl.
2019 - Former NBA commissioner David Stern died at age 77, three weeks after suffering a brain hemorrhage.