Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Today in History January 1st

1908   The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.

1914   The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, starts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.

1959   Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries took over Cuba and toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime.

1975   John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.

1993   Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1994   The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.

2002   Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.

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