In History January 1: 1673: Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston, Massachusetts. 1776: General George Washington hoists the Continental Union Flag. 1788: Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves. 1797: Albany replaces New York City as the capitol of New York. 1808: Congress prohibits importation of slaves. 1818: Official reopening of the White House. 1831: William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first issue of Abolitionist Journal. 1845: The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York is completed. 1847: Michigan is the first state to abolish capitol punishment. 1852: The first United States public bath opens in New York City. 1853: The first practical fire engine (Horse-Drawn) in the United States enters service. 1854: Lincoln University, a black college, chartered in Oxford, Pennsylvania. 1861: President-elect of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful. 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in the Confederate states. 1880: Building the Panama Canal begins. 1892: Ellis Island becomes the reception center for new immigrants. 1905: A 9 hour work day for diamond miners. 1906: Dutch law makes a Drivers License mandatory. 1907: President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record of 8,513 hands in one day. 1913: The Post Offices begin Parcel Post deliveries. 1919: Edsel Ford succeeds his father Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company. 1928: The first air-conditioned office building opens in San Antonio, Texas. 1932: The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washingtons birth. 1934: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation becomes effective. (United States bank guarantor) 1935: Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto. 1942: The United States and 25 other countries sign a United Declaration against the Axis. 1948: The first color newsreel filmed in Pasadena, California. 1953: WBRE TV Channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) has its first broadcast. 1961: Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears, $960.242 billion. 1962: United States Navy Seal are established. 1966: 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City Subway. 1971: Cigarette advertisements are banned on TV. 1975: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, and Mardian are convicted of Watergate crime. 1976: The Liberty Bell moves to its new home behind Independence Hall. 1978: President Gerald Ford signs the first major revision of the copyright law since 1909. 1985: The United States first mandatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York. 1992: President Bush is the first president to address the Australian Parliament. 1996: After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin.
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