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Day Of The Week: January 1
January 1, 2025 is the 1st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Day In History: January 1
The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.
During the Middle Ages under the influence of the Christian Church, many countries moved the start of the year to one of several important Christian festivals — December 25 (the Nativity of Jesus), March 1, March 25 (the Annunciation), or even Easter. Eastern European countries (most of them with populations showing allegiance to the Orthodox Church) began their numbered year on September 1 from about 988.
In England, January 1 was celebrated as the New Year festival, but from the 12th century to 1752 the year in England began on March 25 (Lady Day). So, for example, the Parliamentary record records the execution of Charles I occurring in 1648 (as the year did not end until March 24), although modern histories adjust the start of the year to January 1 and record the execution as occurring in 1649.
Most western European countries changed the start of the year to January 1 before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. For example, Scotland changed the start of the Scottish New Year to January 1 in 1600. England, Ireland and the British colonies changed the start of the year to January 1 in 1752. Later that year in September, the Gregorian calendar was introduced throughout Britain and the British colonies. These two reforms were implemented by the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.
January 1 became the official start of the year as follows:
- 1522 The Republic of Venice
- 1544 Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
- 1556 Spain, Portugal
- 1559 Prussia, Sweden
- 1564 France
- 1576 Southern Netherlands
- 1579 Lorraine
- 1583 United Provinces of the Netherlands (northern)
- 1600 Scotland
- 1700 Russia
- 1721 Tuscany
- 1752 Great Britain (excluding Scotland) and its colonies
Historical Events: January 1
- 153 BC –Roman consuls begin their year in office.
- 1788 –First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
- 1845 –The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
- 1892 –Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
- 1910 –Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear Admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
- 1957 –George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1966 –After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
- 1973 –Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
- 1981 –Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
- 1993 –A single market within the European Community is introduced.
Who were born on January 1?
- 1888 –John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
- 1914 –Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
- 1918 –Frances Bay, Canadian actress (d. 2011)
- 1923 –Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
- 1942 –Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
- 1968 –Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
- 1975 –Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 –María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
- 1983 –Park Sung-Hyun, South Korean Olympic archer
- 1986 –James Davis, American football player
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