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Show January first historical day The first day of the New Year is a time for looking ahead, for making plans, for hope and optimism. But it is also a time when most of us look back, with fond memories, memor-ies, to days of yesterday. With each New Year, we are concious that time does not wait and that each new day is soon a part of history. Looking back through the pages of time, we find that many interesting events have taken place on January 1. It was, for instance, the birthday of Betsy Ross (1752), Paul Revere (1735), and Phillip Fre-neau Fre-neau (1752). The first practical fire engine en-gine was tested Jan. 1, 1852. President Abraham Lincoln issued is-sued the Emancipation Proclamation Proc-lamation on the first d a y of the year 1863. The famous Tournament of Roses began Jan. 1, 1889. The USSR was formed Jan. 1, 1923; U.S. parcel post service ser-vice was inaugurated Jan. 1, 1913. On the first day of the year 1934, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was inaugurated in-augurated and the Bank Guaranty Guar-anty Act became effective. The United Nations Declaration Declara-tion was signed Jan. 1, 1942; the U.S. Strategic Air Force in Europe was formed Jan. 1, 1944, and Japan's Emperor Hirohito disavowed divinity, Jan. 1, 1946. |