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The following events took place on January 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 155 events. Showing 91 - 120.

• 1958

  The European Economic Community is established.
• 1959

  Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces during the Cuban Revolution.
• 1960

  Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• 1962

  Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
• 1962

  United States Navy SEALs established.
• 1964

  The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
• 1965

  The People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• 1966

  A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
• 1966

  After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
• 1970

  Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
• 1971

  Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• 1971

  Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
• 1973

  Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• 1977

  Charter 77 published its first document.
• 1978

  Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
• 1978

  The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
• 1979

  Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
• 1980

  Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
• 1981

  Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• 1981

  Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
• 1982

  Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 1982

  ITV franchise ATV gets replaced by Central
• 1983

  The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
• 1984

  The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
• 1984

  Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
• 1985

  The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• 1986

  Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
• 1986

  Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
• 1987

  A value-added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time.
• 1988

  The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.

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