TODAY IN HISTORY
January 1
1908:The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square in New York City.
1914:The world's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, starts operation in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1975:John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were convicted of obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
1993:Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
2002:Euro coins and notes went into circulation in twelve European nations.
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