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	Saturday, January 01st The 001st day of 2011. There are 364 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista. (Go to article.)On Jan. 1, 1895, J. Edgar Hoover,the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924-1972, was born. Following his death on May 2,1972, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 1, 1859, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about New Year's Day. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1808	A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1863	President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
1892	The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1898	New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1901	The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1919	J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1953	Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1958	Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1979	The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1984	AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1990	David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993	Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994	The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1999	The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.

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Current Birthdays

Frank Langella turns 73 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Actor Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon") turns 73 years old today.

89 Ernest Hollings Former U.S. senator, D-S.C. 69 Country Joe McDonald Rock singer, musician (Country Joe and the Fish) 68 Don Novello Comedian 64 Jon Corzine Former governor of New Jersey 57 Robert Menendez U.S. senator, D-N.J. 53 Grandmaster Flash Rapper 47 Dedee Pfeiffer Actress 45 Embeth Davidtz Actress 42 Verne Troyer Actor ("Austin Powers" movies)

Historic Birthdays
J. Edgar Hoover
1/1/1895 - 5/2/1972 American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation  (Go to obit.)
43	Lorenzo de' Medici 1/1/1449 - 3/9/1492 Italian statesman, ruler
51	Mad Anthony Wayne 1/1/1745 - 12/15/1796 American Revolutionary general
84	Betsy Ross 1/1/1752 - 1/30/1836 American, sewed the first American flag
87	Sir James George Frazer 1/1/1854 - 5/7/1941 British anthropologist, wrote Golden Bough
82	Alfred Stieglitz 1/1/1864 - 7/13/1946 American photographer
79	Ernest Jones 1/1/1879 - 2/11/1958 British psychoanalyst
73	William Fox 1/1/1879 - 5/8/1952 American motion picture executive
76	William J Donovan 1/1/1883 - 2/8/1959 American Director of the O.S.S. in WW2
76	Catherine Bowen 1/1/1897 - 11/1/1973 American writer
90	Xavier Cugat 1/1/1900 - 10/27/1990 Cuban band leader
83	Dana Andrews 1/1/1909 - 12/17/1992 American actor
89	Barry M. Goldwater 1/1/1909 - 5/29/1998 American senator
76	Kim Philby 1/1/1912 - 5/11/1988 British, Soviet double agent
71	Rocky Graziano 1/1/1919 - 5/22/1990 American boxer

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