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What happened on 1st of January in history

1808 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves

1804 Haiti declared its independence from France

Related Incidents

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays

1924 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe

1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

1807 Innovation of the steamboat

1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa

1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law

1835 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction

1903 Innovation of the aeroplane

1921 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader

1964 Kenya became a republic

1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean

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