旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Historical Bits! ON JANUARY FIRST: Page 18 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � 01-01-1735: Paul Revere Born � � 01-01-1752: Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross Born � � 01-01-1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland established � � 01-01-1801: Giuseppe Piazzi discoved 1st asteroid, later named Ceres, Born � � 01-01-1804: Haiti gains its independence � � 01-01-1863: Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln � � 01-01-1879: E.M. Forster, English novelist Born � � 01-01-1892: Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY � � 01-01-1895: J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI Born � � 01-01-1901: Commonwealth of Australia established � � 01-01-1902: First Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena, California � � 01-01-1909: John Glenn, astronaut, Born � � 01-01-1912: First running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles)� � 01-01-1919: J. D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye'Born � � 01-01-1934: Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison � � 01-01-1956: Sudan gains its independence � � 01-01-1958: European Economic Community (EEC) starts operation � � 01-01-1971: Cigarette advertisements banned on TV � � 01-01-1984: AT & T broken up into 8 companies � � 01-01-1986: Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸