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January 1 "It's alive!"
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45 BC Julius Caesar introduces the Julian calendar, it does not work as intended until 4 AD. Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), noted detailed reforms to the calendar, such as January 1 being the new year and keeping time with the sun rather then the moon.
404 The last Gladiator competitions in Rome, after spectators killed a Christian named Tetramachus.
1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro, who mistook the entrance of Guanabara Bay for the mouth of a river .
1622 Papal Chancery changes the beginning of the year, from March 25 to January 1 in the Gregorian calendar
1660 Sam Pepys, Member of Parliament, starts his diary, of which is often referred to for events of the time.
1772 The first travelers checks, which can be used in 90 European cities are issued in London
1800 Dutch East India Company is closed. Shipping company involved in The Boston Tea Party and The Opium Wars.
1818 19 year old Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her novel Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus.
1983 The first TCP/IP network was officially completed when the new protocols were permanently activated.
People born today are ambitious, high achievers with a strong drive to succeed. Life, to you, is a series of challenges to face and overcome. You have high standards and don't deal well with incompetence. You stand by your principles and you stand out in a crowd. You don't show insecurities and may appear cold to others, but you are really a passionate and caring romantic. Family means a lot to you. You are loyal and dependable, although you can be hard to live with.
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