Historical Events on January 1 (Part 3)

Events 401 - 484 of 484

• 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia
• 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)

• 1994 International Year of Family begins
• 1994 Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
• 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
• 1994 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas
• 1995 Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union
• 1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
• 1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
• 1995 International Year of Tolerance

• 1995 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
• 1995 The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves
• 1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
• 1996 Curacao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
• 1997 The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.
• 1998 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free
• 1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
• 1998 Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
• 1998 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
• 1999 International Year of Elderly
• 1999 The Euro currency is introduced.
• 2000 Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millennium

• 2002 Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
• 2002 Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
• 2002 The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.

• 2004 St. Louis head coach Joel Quenneville records his 300th NHL win with the Blues, a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Savvis Center, St. Louis; Quenneville is Blues coaching games and wins leader
• 2006 Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Year's Day then on record with the temperature peaking at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bush fires and power outages
• 2007 Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
• 2007 Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
• 2007 Slovenia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the thirteenth Eurozone country.
• 2008 A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect.
• 2008 Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.
• 2009 61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2009 Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country.

• 2010 New FINA rules re competition swimsuits come into effect; all body-length swimsuits banned; men's suits to maximally cover from the waist to knee, and women's from shoulder to knee; fabric must be a "textile" or woven material
• 2010 Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100
• 2012 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 9 premieres with the Bruckner Orchester Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria
• 2013 10 people are killed and 120 are injured in a stampede in Luanda, Angola
• 2013 13 Boko Harem members are killed by Nigeria’s military in Maiduguri
• 2013 13 FARC members are killed by an airstrike by the Colombian military
• 2013 18 people are killed and 16 wounded after a bus and mini-bus collision in Thiès, Senegal
• 2013 60 people are killed and 200 are injured after a stampede following New Year celebrations

• 2013 Phil Taylor claims his 16th and last PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7–4 victory over Dutchman Michael van Gerwen in the final in London
• 2013 US bi-partisan deal temporarily avoids the fiscal cliff

• 2014 New Zealand cricket batsman Corey Anderson smashes a record century off just 36 balls in the Black Caps' 159 run ODI win over the West Indies in Queenstown; finishes on 131 not out off 47 balls
• 2015 Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
• 2015 Lithuania adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas and becoming the 19th member of the Eurozone
• 2016 After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobil Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis
• 2016 Dubai skyscraper "The Address" burns as the New Year is rung in. Fire started on the 31st.
• 2017 Indian provincial cricket team Vidarbha wins first Ranji Trophy title in their first final appearance in 61 years beating Delhi by 9 wickets in Indore; medium pacer Rajneesh Gurbani stars with the ball taking 6 wickets

• 2018 16-time world darts champion Phil Taylor loses, 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the final of his last World Championship in London
• 2018 California becomes largest US state to legalise cannabis for recreational use
• 2018 Initiative of 300 Hollywood women called "Time's Up" announced to fight sexual harassment

• 2018 Japanese actress and former porn star Sora Aoi announces her engagement

• 2018 World Darts Championship: Retiring 16-time title holder Phil Taylor loses 7-2 to fellow Englishman Rob Cross in the Final at the Alexandra Palace, London.
• 2019 Dutchman Michael van Gerwen wins his 3rd PDC World Darts Championship; beats Englishman Michael Smith 7-3 at the Alexandra Palace in London

• 2019 Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's Wall' across state of Kerala, India, in support of women's access to temple of Sabarimala
• 2019 Qatar introduces a 100% tax on alcohol and other "health-damaging goods", doubling the price of alcohol, tobacco, energy drinks and pork in the oil-rich, predominantly Muslim nation
• 2019 Qatar withdraws from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after 57 years of membership
• 2019 Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Austria
• 2020 Pro-Iranian protesters end siege of US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq
• 2020 Scotland's Peter Wright beats Dutch defending champion Michael Van Gerwen, 7-3 with 102.79 average, 34 x 140s, 11 maximums and 53% on doubles to seal his first PDC World Darts Championship in London
• 2021 African Continental Free Trade Area, signed by 54 countries comes into effect, largely symbolically with full implementation expected to take years [1]
• 2021 Cuba's "day zero" unifies its two currencies by withdrawing the Cuban convertible peso (CUC), alongside steep increases in prices and salaries, effectively devaluing the remaining Cuban Peso for the first time since 1959 [1]
• 2022 Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozen becomes first player in NBA history to hit buzzer-beaters on consecutive days; hits 3-pointers to beat Washington Wizards, 120-119 and previous night Indiana Pacers, 108-106

• 2023 Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area

• 2024 A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan's western coast, killing an estimated 120 people and injuring more than 100
• 2024 Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE become BRICS members
• 2024 Ethiopia makes a controversial deal with Somaliland to lease part of its coastline, including becoming the first country to recognise it as a separate country from Somalia [1]

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