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A total solar eclipse occurred on January 1, 1889. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_January_1,_1889



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The Julian Date system began at midday on Jan. 1, 4713BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day

Indian Standard Time (IST) was adopted as the official time zone of India on January 1, 1906
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time

Unix time began at 00:00:00 UTC, Thursday, 1 January 1970.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

In January 1851, Leon Foucault installed in his cellar in the Arras street in Paris a pendulum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum



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Founding of Republic of China on January 1, 1912
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45302736/peoples-republic-of-china/

Bouvet Island was probably discovered on January 1, 1739,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028816/bouvet-island/

The Geographic South Pole is marked by a ceremony on New Year's Day 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole#Geography

The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave to be detected by a measuring instrument on 1 January 1995.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3259328/giant-freak-waves/

The Lakeview Oil Company started drilling at their Number One well on 1 January 1909.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeview_Gusher

The Kiev Planetarium opened on January 1, 1952 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Planetarium

The first stamp depicting an aeroplane was a US 20-cent parcel post stamp issued on 1 January 1913 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airmail_stamp



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GRAIL-B arrived at the Moon on New Year's Day 2012
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t17115874/gravity-recovery-and-interior-laboratory-mission/

Skynet 4A and JCSAT-2 were launched at 00:07 GMT on 1 January 1990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Titan_III



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Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov (January 1, 1942 - September 29, 2005) was a Soviet cosmonaut 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028786/gennadi-vasiliyevich-sarafanov-1942-2005/

Sergei Avdeyev (born 1 January 1956) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Avdeyev

Abdul Ahad Momand (January 1, 1959) spent nine days aboard the Mir space station in 1988
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44692856/abdul-ahad-momand/

Jule Gregory Charney (January 1, 1917 - June 16, 1981) was an American meteorologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jule_Gregory_Charney

Satyendra Nath Bose (1 January 1894 - 4 February 1974) was an Indian mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028797/satyendra-nath-bose-1894-1974/

Harriet Brooks (January 1, 1876 - April 17, 1933) was the first Canadian woman nuclear physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks

Giordano Bruno (1 January 1548 - 17 February 1600) was an Italian Dominican friar and cosmological theorist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno

Jeffrey Thomas Alu (born 1 January 1966) is an American musician, photographer, graphic artist, and amateur astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_T._Alu



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The Sarah Jane Adventures debuted on BBC One, on 1 January 2007
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028945/the-sarah-jane-adventures/

The first known performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' occurred on 1 January 1605.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream#Publication_and_text

Kepler's Astronomiae Pars Optica was presented to Emperor Rudolf II on January 1, 1604
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler#Astronomiae_Pars_Optica



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NGC 1620 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106445/ngc-1620/

NGC 1635 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106457/ngc-1635/

NGC 2071 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1786
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t28678757/ngc-2071/

NGC 2259 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1787
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106469/ngc-2259/

NGC 2278 was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on the 1st January 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106490/ngc-2278/

NGC 2112 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106504/ngc-2112/

NGC 2328 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st January 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106519/ngc-2328/

NGC 2386 was discovered by Lawrence Parsons on the 1st January 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106539/ngc-2386/

NGC 2597 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 1st January 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106556/ngc-2597/

NGC 2598 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 1st January 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63062032/ngc-2598/

NGC 3287 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 1st January 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63314835/ngc-3287/

NGC 4904 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st January 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56106567/ngc-4904/



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Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galaxies at the January 1, 1925 AAS meeting
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21262829/edwin-hubble/

In the Observatory of Palermo, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered asteroid (1) Ceres on the 1st January 1801.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily#Science

On January 1, 2008 Argentina implemented a law prohibiting the exportation of meteorites.
http://www.exceptionalminerals.com/tucson2013-10.htm

The Zeta Aurigids meteor shower peaks on January 1 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56101993/zeta-aurigids/

The Northwest Africa 1669 (NWA 1669) meteorite was found in Morocco in January 2001.  
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/nwa1669.html

TUMBUKAN METEOR GIANYAR, BALI, INDONESIA, 1 JANUARY 2008
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56105487/tumbukan-meteor-2008/



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Meteorites

The Hessle (H5) meteorite fell in Uppsala, Sweden, on the 1st January, 1869.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028714/hessle-meteorite/

The Bielokrynitschie (H4) meteorite fell in Khmel'nitskiy, Ukraine, on the 1St January, 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47028718/bielokrynitschie-meteorite/

The Jiddat al Harasis 804 (Eucrite) meteorite was discovered in Al Wusta, Oman, in January 2013.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56105623/jiddat-al-harasis-meteorite/



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