January 01 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City’s first black mayor. 02 – World population passes five billion. In 1960 it…
Browsing: Decades
January 02 – Rebels in El Salvador shoot down an American Army helicopter and kill all three crew members. It is believed that two crew…
January 01 – Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation and becomes…
January 01 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the so-called “Velvet Divorce”. 01 – The European single market is…
January 01 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. 01 – American actor Cesar Romero – famous as The Joker from…
January 01 – Fred West, the Gloucestershire builder charged with 12 murders (including his own step-daughter), commits suicide in his prison cell. Prison officers discover…
January 02 – US peacekeepers pour into Bosnia to keep the peace between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims, following the signing of the Dayton peace plan…
January 01 – American folk singer Townes Van Zandt dies aged 52. 04 – Randy California, founding member of experimental West Coast rock band, Spirit, disappears after…
January 01 – A new law comes into effect in California, prohibiting people from smoking in bars and restaurants. 01 – American tennis player Helen Wills…
January 01 – Eleven European countries replace their national currencies with the newly created ‘Euro’, a single European currency. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium,…
January 01 – Millennium celebrations are held around the world to celebrate the beginning of the 3rd millennium. The fears about the anticipated Y2K bug problems turn…
January 01 – Greece officially adopts the Euro currency, becoming the 12th member of the Eurozone economic framework. 08 – The British High Court awards anonymity…
January 01 – The Euro enters circulation as the currency of the European Union, replacing historical currencies such as the franc, mark, drachma, and lira.…
January 05 – Metropolitan Police launch a major anti-terror raid on a flat in Wood Green, London, discovering traces of the deadly poison ricin. 12 -…
January 13 – Harold Shipman, the former British doctor who is believed to have killed more than 200 people, is found dead in his prison cell…
January 09 – Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh. 09 – The…
January 01 – Sydney, Australia, swelters through its hottest New Year’s Day on record, with the temperature peaking at 45.8 degrees Celsius, sparking bushfires and power…
January 01 – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. 01 – Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel assumes the presidency of the European Union. 04 -…
January 01 – Cyprus and Malta adopt the Euro as their currency. 08 – New Jersey officially apologises for slavery, becoming the first Northern US state to…
January 01 – Slovakia adopts the Euro as its national currency, replacing the Slovak Koruna. 01 – A Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer shoots and…