1908
New York City drops the ball
The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
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1914
The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, starts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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1959
Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime.
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1975
John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
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1993
Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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1994
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
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2002
Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
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