January 1
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.”
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station opened in New York.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
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, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1919 - J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
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 scandal.
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.
1985 - The music cable channel VH-1 made its debut with a video of Marvin Gaye performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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.
2006 - President George W. Bush strongly defended his domestic spying program, calling it legal as well as vital to thwarting terrorist attacks.
2006 - The Medicare prescription drug plan went into effect.
2014 - The nation’s first legal recreational pot shops opened in Colorado at 8 a.m. Mountain time.
2021 - The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
2021 - At a rare New Year’s Day session, Senate Republicans rejected President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks. The Senate overrode Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill after an earlier House vote to override; it was the first time Congress had overridden a Trump veto, and it came just weeks before he was to leave the White House.
Birthdays
21 - Angourie Rice (actress)
23 - Diamond White (singer)
27 - Poppy (singer)
27 - Jessica Jarrell (singer)
35 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
41 - Jonas Armstrong (actor)
42 - Elin Nordegren (model)
53 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
56 - Brian Flynn (singer)
58 - Dedee Pfeiffer (actress)
64 - Grandmaster Flash (rapper)
76 - Rick Hurst (actor)
84 - Frank Langella (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl Game was played; Michigan defeated 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 defeats #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl; NU finishes 8-2 and ranked #7
1942 - Due to security concerns from World War II after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl was played in Durham, North Carolina where Oregon State defeated Duke 20-16.
1955 - #14 Duke defeats Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 Auburn in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 10-1 and ranked #6/#5.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeats #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-2 and ranked #6.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeats #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 10-1 and ranked #3/#5.
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 in the Orange Bowl to win the first national championship in program history; NU finishes 11-0-1 and #1/#3 in the final polls.
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win the second national championship in program history; NU finishes 13-0 and ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeats #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #4/#9 in the final polls.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeats #8 Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #7/#11.
1976 - After 45 years of coaching, Paul Brown (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals) announces his retirement.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeats #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #8 in the final polls.
1980 - #8 Houston defeats #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #7/#9.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeats #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #9/#11.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeats #13 LSU 21-20 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 12-1 and ranked #3.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeats #12 LSU 28-10 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #3/#4.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeats #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #10/#11.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #4/#5.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeats #5 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #6.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeats #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #11/#12.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #17/#24.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeats #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #15/#16.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeats #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #14.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeats #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 11-1 and ranked #3.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 in the Orange Bowl to win the third national championship in program history; NU finishes 13-0 and ranked #1.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeats #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-5.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Clemson 26-21 in the Gaytor Bowl; NU finishes 9-4.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeats #23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl; NU finishes 10-4 and ranked #23/#25.
2014 - Nebraska defeats #23 Georgia 24-19 in the Gaytor Bowl; NU finishes 9-4 and ranked #25.
2014 - In the 100th Rose Bowl, Michigan defeats Stanford 24-20.
2015 - In the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinal games, #2 Oregon defeats #3 Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl and #4 Ohio State defeats #1 Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl.
2021 - In the College Football Playoff semifinal games, #1 Alabama defeated #4 Notre Dame 31-14 in the Rose Bowl and #3 Ohio State defeated #2 Clemson 49-28 to reach the national championship game.
1808 - A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1863 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be “forever free.”
1892 - The Ellis Island Immigrant Station opened in New York.
1898 - New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
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, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, started operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1919 - J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1953 - Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
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 scandal.
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.
1985 - The music cable channel VH-1 made its debut with a video of Marvin Gaye performing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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.
2006 - President George W. Bush strongly defended his domestic spying program, calling it legal as well as vital to thwarting terrorist attacks.
2006 - The Medicare prescription drug plan went into effect.
2014 - The nation’s first legal recreational pot shops opened in Colorado at 8 a.m. Mountain time.
2021 - The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
2021 - At a rare New Year’s Day session, Senate Republicans rejected President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks. The Senate overrode Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill after an earlier House vote to override; it was the first time Congress had overridden a Trump veto, and it came just weeks before he was to leave the White House.
Birthdays
21 - Angourie Rice (actress)
23 - Diamond White (singer)
27 - Poppy (singer)
27 - Jessica Jarrell (singer)
35 - Meryl Davis (figure skater)
41 - Jonas Armstrong (actor)
42 - Elin Nordegren (model)
53 - Morris Chestnut (actor)
56 - Brian Flynn (singer)
58 - Dedee Pfeiffer (actress)
64 - Grandmaster Flash (rapper)
76 - Rick Hurst (actor)
84 - Frank Langella (actor)
==============================================
Today in Sports History - January 1
404 - The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
1902 - The first Rose Bowl Game was played; Michigan defeated 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 defeats #7 Nebraska 21-13 in the Rose Bowl; NU finishes 8-2 and ranked #7
1942 - Due to security concerns from World War II after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl was played in Durham, North Carolina where Oregon State defeated Duke 20-16.
1955 - #14 Duke defeats Nebraska 34-7 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 6-5.
1964 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 Auburn in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 10-1 and ranked #6/#5.
1965 - #2 Arkansas defeats #6 Nebraska 10-7 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-2 and ranked #6.
1966 - #4 Alabama defeats #3 Nebraska 39-28 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 10-1 and ranked #3/#5.
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 in the Orange Bowl to win the first national championship in program history; NU finishes 11-0-1 and #1/#3 in the final polls.
1972 - #1 Nebraska defeats #2 Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl to win the second national championship in program history; NU finishes 13-0 and ranked #1 in the final polls.
1973 - #9 Nebraska defeats #12 Notre Dame 40-6 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #4/#9 in the final polls.
1974 - #12 Nebraska defeats #8 Texas 19-3 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #7/#11.
1976 - After 45 years of coaching, Paul Brown (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals) announces his retirement.
1979 - #4 Oklahoma defeats #6 Nebraska 31-24 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #8 in the final polls.
1980 - #8 Houston defeats #7 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #7/#9.
1982 - #1 Clemson defeats #4 Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #9/#11.
1983 - #3 Nebraska defeats #13 LSU 21-20 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 12-1 and ranked #3.
1985 - #4 Nebraska defeats #12 LSU 28-10 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #3/#4.
1986 - #5 Michigan defeats #7 Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #10/#11.
1987 - #6 Nebraska defeats #5 LSU 30-15 in the Sugar Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #4/#5.
1988 - #3 Florida State defeats #5 Nebraska 31-28 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #6.
1990 - #5 Florida State defeats #6 Nebraska 41-17 in the Fiesta Bowl; NU finishes 10-2 and ranked #11/#12.
1991 - #2 Georgia Tech defeats #19 Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #17/#24.
1992 - #1 Miami (FL) defeats #11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-2-1 and ranked #15/#16.
1993 - #3 Florida State defeats #11 Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 9-3 and ranked #14.
1994 - #1 Florida State defeats #2 Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl; NU finishes 11-1 and ranked #3.
1995 - #1 Nebraska defeats #3 Miami (FL) 24-17 in the Orange Bowl to win the third national championship in program history; NU finishes 13-0 and ranked #1.
2007 - #10 Auburn defeats #22 Nebraska 17-14 in the Cotton Bowl; NU finishes 9-5.
2009 - Nebraska defeats Clemson 26-21 in the Gaytor Bowl; NU finishes 9-4.
2013 - #6 Georgia defeats #23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl; NU finishes 10-4 and ranked #23/#25.
2014 - Nebraska defeats #23 Georgia 24-19 in the Gaytor Bowl; NU finishes 9-4 and ranked #25.
2014 - In the 100th Rose Bowl, Michigan defeats Stanford 24-20.
2015 - In the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinal games, #2 Oregon defeats #3 Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl and #4 Ohio State defeats #1 Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl.
2021 - In the College Football Playoff semifinal games, #1 Alabama defeated #4 Notre Dame 31-14 in the Rose Bowl and #3 Ohio State defeated #2 Clemson 49-28 to reach the national championship game.
