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Show History Has Been Made On New Year's Since Early Ages While January. Caprieormis. the Goat, symbolized the nurse which eared tor the young k 1 sods of the sun, the ji J first month has fur-jj fur-jj Vj 1 nished many of the important dates in i I the history ot the L ,. . world, and the first JAM All d of the year nas Caprteonui.th, Goal J been generous in its contributions: The Gregorian month of January is the namesake of Janus, ! the two-faced Roman god accredited wit hthe ability to look backward and forward simultaneously. Following is a partial list M important im-portant events that took place on New Year's Day: 452 B.C. First New Year's Celebration Cele-bration held. 38 B.C. Era of the Caesars began. be-gan. 1735 Paul Revere born. 1752 Betsy Ross born. I 1776 First Union flag of 13 stripes unfurled by George Washington. Washing-ton. 1792 Kentucky entered the Union. 1801 Union of Great Britain and . Ireland. 1815 General Jackson repelled the British at New Orleans. 1863 Emancipation of Negro slaves proclaimed by President Lincoln. Lin-coln. 1882 Greece gains illutence from Turkey. 1808 Five boroughs of New York "City corporated. 1901 Commonwealth of Australia formed. 1907 U. S. Pure Food law became effective. 1912 Republic of China founded. 1923 USSR formed. 1942 United Nations' declaration signed. |