January 1st, 2010!

I want to wish my readers (such as they are, if they actually exist) a great 2010!

Here are some significant things that have happened in January 1st throughout history:

• 45BC: The Julian calendar takes effect
• 1600: Scotland starts beginning its New Year at January 1st instead of March 25th
• 1808: The importation of slaves into the USA is banned
• 1895: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover is born
• 1899: Spanish rule in Cuba ends
• 1908: The first New Years ball drops in New York
• 1912: The Republic of China is estalished
• 1919: Novelist J.D. Salinger is born
• 1942: The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• 1953: Musician Hank Williams dies
• 1970: Unix epoch time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT
• 1985: The Internet’s domain name system is created
• 1994: NAFTA goes into effect
• 1995: The WTO goes into effect

Psalm 37:3-6 – “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.” (ESV)