Talk:January 1
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry.
- 1801 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
- 1801 - The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.
- 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley (pictured), was first published in London.
- 1863 - Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, which "freed" slaves in the south.
- 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia.
- 1959 - Cuban Revolution: President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana.
- 1999 - The euro, the official currency of the European Union, was introduced.
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Should we say about 2007 before it actually comes? There is always the chance that it may not happen on the 1st.
- No, no future events should be listed. Fabricationary 17:20, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Is Idi Amin's birth date (1925) correct? The article Idi Amin seems not to know his exact birth date. - Andres
Happy New Year! - Lord Kenneth Jan 1 2004
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[edit] copyright expiration day
- United States - Copyright Expiration Day, celebrating the expiration of the copyright of a year's worth of works of authorship into the public domain. Not celebrated from 1978 to 2018 because of repeated copyright term extensions.
The time interval is probably wrongly calculated. I guess it's 1998-2018, since the act was passed then, so I guess in 1st jan, 1997 there were stuff passing into public domain (at least the celebration could have happened). Using other points of view to calculate the date would probably suggest the theoretical 1948-2018, since if the extension was from 50 to 70 years in 1998 then the works of 1947 went to public domain in 1997, and 1948 became frozen till 2018. Or there's some hidden logic you can explain to me. :-) --195.38.113.129 20:31, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Queen Victoria entry
- 1887 - Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India at the first Imperial Assemblage (Durbar) in Delhi.
According to the Empress of India article, Queen Victoria received the title in 1877. Is the above 1887 just wrong, or did something else happen in 1887 related to this? Kingturtle 19:08, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] NYC entries
these entries conflict and/or need better explanations:
- 1897 - Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City
- 1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
- 1899 - Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City.
Can someone sort this out? Kingturtle 19:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
On Jan 1 1898 the County of Queens (including what was formerly Long Island City), becomes a borough of New York City. On Jan 1 1899 a part of the county of Queens becomes Nassau County, and is no longer part of New York City.
On Jan 1 1898 The independent city of Brooklyn becomes a borough of New York City On Jan 1 1898 The Borough of The Bronx, already part of Manhattan County, becomes a part of the City of New York (It becomes a separate county in 1914)
On January 25 1898 the County of Richmond (Staten Island),, previously administered as five separate townships, become a borough of New York City.
All this probably boils down into the entry on January 1:
- 1898 New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25th by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. - Nunh-huh 06:29, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Stupid questions from a stupid person
Just how many of the births and deaths of people who have biographies on wikipedia do we want to include here? I've myself added several short biographies which have listed their birth and death dates, and am unsure how many, if any, of these comparatively less notable individuals to list on these "this day in history" pages. Second question. Are we supposed to cite specific sources for their birthdays or not? Thanks in advance. Badbilltucker 18:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- There doesn't appear to be any clear policy on this matter (which would be rather a hard thing to do anyway). Since deleting entries appears to be more unpopular, I'd suggest if you come across someone you feel should be on the list, then add them, and if you see someone you feel shouldn't, ignore it. Average Earthman 23:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Future dates
I've removed the last two entries in the "Events" section, which state
2007 - The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code increase in length from 10 to 13 digits. 2007 - Romania, and Bulgaria join the European Union
It is only November of 2006... the above events have not occured yet. MickeyK 16:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Old style vs New Style
Is there a policy on whether people born in a country using old style dates should be entered on the old style date or the new style - e.g. Leonid Brezhnev, who definitely warrants an entry somewhere, but should it be under January 1 (new style) or December 19 (old style)? Average Earthman 23:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] National Migration Week?
- Roman Catholicism - National Migration Week begins (varying official support by the office of U.S. President, not strictly religious)
This entry was listed as a religious holiday. Perhaps if we had the apparently requested and lacking entry on National Migration Week, it would be clearer. I was unaware that the U.S. president sponsored or proclaimed Roman Catholic Church festivals, and had hoped — probably without good cause or reason — that the two institutions were separate. At any rate, without some context, this entry made little sense to me, so I pulled it and preserved it here. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
