J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895
- 0404 - The last gladiator competition was held in Rome.
- 1808 - The U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.
- 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
- 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
- 1975 - The magazine "Popular Electronics" announced the invention of a person computer called Altair. MITS, using an Intel microprocessor, developed the computer.
- 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
- 1995 - The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
- 1999 - The euro became currency for 11 Member States of the European Union. Coins and notes were not available until January 1, 2002.
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