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01 January, 2007
Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
01 January, 2007
Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
01 January, 2006
The Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation.
01 January, 2004
In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf won 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
01 January, 2003
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumes as the President of Brazil.
01 January, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Unions member states.
01 January, 2002
Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
01 January, 2002
The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
01 January, 2001
Tommy Remengesau assumes as president of Palau.
01 January, 2000
As the world celebrates, no major crisis arises from the dreaded Y2K computer millennium bug.
01 January, 2000
Hama Amadou assumes as Prime Minister of Niger.
01 January, 1999
The Euro currency is introduced.
01 January, 1999
The Polish administrative region of Opole Voivodeship is created, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Czestochowa Voivodeship.
01 January, 1998
The European Central Bank is established.
01 January, 1997
The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.
01 January, 1997
Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
01 January, 1996
Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
01 January, 1995
The World Trade Organization comes into effect.
01 January, 1995
The Kingdom of Sweden and the republics of Austria and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
01 January, 1995
The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
01 January, 1995
The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
01 January, 1995
Jean-Claude Juncker assumes as Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
01 January, 1995
Firecrackers are banned in Vietnam on T?t because of safety reasons.
01 January, 1994
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
01 January, 1994
The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
01 January, 1994
The European Economic Area comes into effect.
01 January, 1994
The International Tropical Timber Agreement comes into effect.
01 January, 1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.
01 January, 1993
A single market within the European Community is introduced.
01 January, 1990
David Dinkins is sworn in as New York Citys first black mayor.
01 January, 1989
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
01 January, 1988
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
01 January, 1986
Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
01 January, 1986
The Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic are admitted into the European Community.
01 January, 1985
The Internets Domain Name System is created.
01 January, 1985
The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
01 January, 1984
AT&T is broken up into twenty-two independent units.
01 January, 1984
The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
01 January, 1983
The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
01 January, 1982
Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.
01 January, 1981
The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.
01 January, 1981
The Republic of Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
01 January, 1980
Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
01 January, 1979
Formal diplomatic relations are established between the Peoples Republic of China and the United States of America.
01 January, 1978
Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 explodes and crashes into the sea off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
01 January, 1978
The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
01 January, 1973
The Kingdom of Denmark, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland are admitted into the European Community.
01 January, 1972
Austrian diplomat Kurt Waldheim assumes as Secretary General of the United Nations.
01 January, 1971
Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
01 January, 1970
Unix time begins.

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