Today in 2002, 23 years ago: the euro enters into force in the European Union as the single currency for 12 states.
Today in 1892, 133 years ago: Ellis Island becomes the reception center for new immigrants to the United States.
Today in 1860, 165 years ago: The first Polish postage stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
Today in 1892, 133 years ago: Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
Today in 1810, 215 years ago: Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
Today in 1432, 593 years ago: in the city of Granada (Spain), Yusuf IV is proclaimed sultan after a popular uprising that overthrows Muhammad IX.
Today in 1945, 80 years ago: the Lublin Committee declares itself Polish Provisional Government.
Today in 1804, 221 years ago: Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims Haiti's independence, resurrecting the island's ancient indigenous name.
Today in 1903, 122 years ago: in Paris (France), the scholar J. C. Mardrus publishes the first complete version in a Western language of the legendary book The Thousand and One Nights (16 volumes), after the magnificent anthologies made by the Frenchman Gallard (18th century) and the British Richard Francis Burton (1877).
Today in 1885, 140 years ago: in Spain, the first regulation of the Ateneo de Madrid comes into force.
Today in 1501, 524 years ago: date that is traditionally considered as the end of the printed books called incunabula.
Today in 1929, 96 years ago: in Nicaragua, José María Moncada, of the Liberal Party, assumes the presidency.
Today in 1900, 125 years ago: Nigeria becomes a British protectorate with Frederick Lugard as high commissioner.
Today in 1933, 92 years ago: in La Felguera (Spain) several high-powered bombs explode and there are numerous riots in Seville that would last for several days in other cities of Spain, in the so-called January 1933 Revolution.
Today in 1957, 68 years ago: the German engineer Felix Wankel carries out the first test run with the rotary piston engine created by him.
Today in 2007, 18 years ago: in Indonesia, Adam Air Flight 574 of the Indonesian airline Adam Air crashes, killing all its occupants.
Today in 1850, 175 years ago: a new mail system with adhesive stamps is established in Spain.
Today in 1920, 105 years ago: in Barcelona, the Civil Action Committee organizes a great rally against terrorism.
Today in 2008, 17 years ago: the Greek Cypriot part of the island of Cyprus, the British bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia established on that island and Malta adopt the euro as their official currency.
Today in 1946, 79 years ago: at Heathrow Airport (London) the first civil flight is made, bound for Buenos Aires making a stopover in Lisbon.
Today in 1910, 115 years ago: for the first time, Spaniards begin the year by eating twelve grapes to the sound of the bells.
Today in 1943, 82 years ago: in the context of World War II, the long battle of Guadalcanal ends, with the victory of the Americans over the Japanese.
Today in 1948, 77 years ago: in Spain, the Government decrees the suspension of safe-conducts to circulate inside.
Today in 1913, 112 years ago: Antonio Maura, head of the Conservative Party, resigns in Spain.
Today in 1994, 31 years ago: in Peru, the Constitution of President Alberto Fujimori comes into force.
Today in 1502, 523 years ago: in South America, the Florentine naturalized Castilian Amerigo Vespucci discovered Guanabara Bay, where Rio de Janeiro would later be founded.
Today in 1801, 224 years ago: the Lombard monk Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) discovered the first asteroid: Ceres.
Today in 1600, 425 years ago: Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25.
Today in 2000, 25 years ago: Y2K, better known as the Problem of the Year 2000, occurs all over the world.
Today in 1983, 42 years ago: History of the Internet: ARPANET abandons the NCP protocol and adopts TCP/IP.
Today in 1973, 52 years ago: the "Europe of the Nine" was born, when the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark joined the EEC.
Today in 1867, 158 years ago: Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel obtains dynamite industrially for the first time.
Today in 1928, 97 years ago: Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran to seek asylum in France. He is the only member of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Soviet Union.
Today in 1988, 37 years ago: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
Marty Fouts
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