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Show History Has Been Made On New Year's Since Early Ages While January, Capricornus, th Goat, symbolized the nurse which cared for the youn """" gods of the sun, th 1 first month has fur-jjV fur-jjV nished many of the 1 ftjr , important dates la sVrr; the history of th, L null mii world, and the first 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 of 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. 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. 18S3 Emancipation of NegTo slaves proclaimed by President Lincoln. Lin-coln. 1882 Greece gains Independence from Turkey. 1898 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. |