History for January 1

History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com:
Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 - Italian politician, diplomat, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico), heir to Medici banking empire, Paul Revere 1735, Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) 1752


George Washington Carver 1860, J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895, Barry Goldwater 1909
  

1804 - Haiti gained its independence.


1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.


1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.


1895 - In Battle Creek, MI, C.W. Post created his first usable batch of Monks Brew (later called Postum). It was a cereal-based substitute for caffeinated drinks.


1939 - The Hewlett-Packard partnership was formed by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.


1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.


1971 - Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising were banned from TV and radio broadcast.


1999 - The euro became currency for 11 Member States of the European Union. Coins and notes were not available until January 1, 2002.