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===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[Southern Nigeria Protectorate]] is established within the British Empire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oluniyi|first=Olufemi Olayinka|title=Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria: The Space for Public Apology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGAyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA69|date=9 August 2017|publisher=Frontier Press|isbn=978-978-949-527-6|page=69}}</ref>
*  1901   &ndash; The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[South Australia]], [[Tasmania]], and [[Western Australia]] [[Federation of Australia|federate]] as the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] is appointed the first [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeannie|last=Meekins|title=Sir Edmund Barton: The First Prime Minister of Australia: Educational Version|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkGtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT15|publisher=Learning Island|pages=15–|id=GGKEY:PBLCUNU87RW}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; The first American [[college football]] [[bowl game]], the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] between [[University of Michigan|Michigan]] and [[Stanford University|Stanford]], is held in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Gary|last=Migdol|title=Stanford: Home of Champions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA28|year=1997|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-116-5|page=28}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; Captain [[David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty|David Beatty]] is promoted to [[rear admiral]], and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for [[British royal family|royal family]] members) since [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]].<ref>{{cite book|first=William Scott|last=Chalmers|author-link=William Scott Chalmers|title=The Life and Letters of David, Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, P.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., D.C.L., LL. D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPIxAQAAIAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|first=Bruce A.|last=Elleman|title=Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkaFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|date=28 July 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-61008-2|pages=149–}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line|SPT Airboat Line]] becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a [[Fixed-wing aircraft|winged aircraft]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First Commercial Air Ship Line in World Inaugurated|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|date=January 2, 1914|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; Britain's Railways are grouped into the [[List of railway companies involved in the 1923 grouping#The Big Four|Big Four]]: [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]], [[Great Western Railway|GWR]], [[Southern Railway (UK)|SR]], and [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Railways Act 1921 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/55/enacted |publisher=HMSO |access-date=25 August 2021 |date=19 August 1921 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024029/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/55/enacted |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; New [[Mexico|Mexican]] oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the [[Cristero War]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ernest|last=Gruening|author-link=Ernest Gruening|title=Mexico and Its Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzELAAAAYAAJ|year=1929|publisher=Century Company}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Boris Bazhanov]] defects through [[Iran]] to seek asylum in [[France]]. He is the only member of [[Joseph Stalin]]'s secretariat to have defected from the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Boris|last1=Bazhanov|author-link1=Boris Bazhanov|first2=David W.|last2=Doyle|author-link2=David W. Doyle|title=Bazhanov and the damnation of Stalin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_ANAQAAMAAJ|date=30 April 1990|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-8214-0948-0}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The former municipalities of [[Point Grey, British Columbia]] and [[South Vancouver, British Columbia]] are [[Merger (politics)|amalgamated]] into [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite book|author=British Columbia. Parliament|author-link=Parliament of British Columbia|title=Sessional Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uR5KAQAAIAAJ|year=1939}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[United States Post Office Department]] issues [[1932 Washington Bicentennial|a set of 12 stamps]] commemorating the 200th anniversary of [[Washington's Birthday|George Washington's birth]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Scott monthly journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaAuAAAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Scott Publishing Co.}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Alcatraz Island]] in [[San Francisco Bay]] becomes a [[United States Federal Prison|United States federal prison]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John Thomas|last=Gillespie|title=Historical Fiction for Young Readers (grades 4-8): An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4FU4cAO2DYC&pg=PT438|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59158-621-0|page=438}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; A "[[Nazi eugenics|Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring]]" comes into effect in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alan R.|last=Rushton|title=Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg: The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill "Unfit" Citizens 1933-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSlyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|date=9 October 2018|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-1843-8|page=59}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Declaration by United Nations]] is signed by twenty-six nations.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|author-link=United States Department of State|title=Toward the Peace: Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zd09AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2|year=1945|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=2}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' launches ''[[Operation Bodenplatte]]'', a massive, but failed, attempt to knock out [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] air power in northern Europe in a single blow.<ref>{{cite book|first1=John|last1=Manrho|first2=Ron|last2=Putz|title=Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope : the Attack on Allied Airfields New Year's Day, 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqAKAAAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Hikoki Publications|isbn=978-1-902109-40-4}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The American and British occupation zones in [[Allied-occupied Germany]], after World War II, merge to form the [[Bizone]], which later (with the French zone) became part of [[West Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hans-Joachim|last=Braun|title=The German Economy in the Twentieth Century (Routledge Revivals): The German Reich and the Federal Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzCtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA105|date=22 October 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-83644-2|page=105}}</ref>
*  1947 &ndash; The [[Canadian Citizenship Act 1946]] comes into effect, converting [[British subject]]s into [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian citizens]].<ref name="Senate1952">{{cite book|author=Canada. Parliament. Senate|author-link=Senate of Canada|title=Debates: Official Report (Hansard).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSkSAQAAMAAJ|year=1952}}</ref> Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] becomes the first Canadian citizen.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Transport in England#Rail|British railway network]] is [[Nationalization|nationalized]] to form [[British Rail]]ways.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Parker|title=The Official History of Privatisation: Popular capitalism, 1987-97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7vUMMrKmVvQC&pg=PA434|year=2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-69221-2|pages=434–}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[United Nations]] [[Ceasefire|cease-fire]] takes effect in [[Kashmir]] from one minute before midnight. [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948|War between India and Pakistan]] stops accordingly.<ref>{{cite book|first1=J. C.|last1=Aggarwal|first2=S. P.|last2=Agrawal|title=Modern History of Jammu and Kashmir: Ancient times to Shimla Agreement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNqOjvaAb9cC&pg=PA412|year=1995|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-557-7|page=412}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Sudan]] achieves independence from [[Egypt]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tim|last=Niblock|title=Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898-1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z07_UZIl79UC&pg=PA209|year=1987|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-88706-480-7|pages=209–}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[George Town, Penang]], is made a city by a [[royal charter]] of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ric|last1=Francis|first2=Colin|last2=Ganley|title=Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History, 1880s-1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71SEYVAtqgoC&pg=PA63|year=2006|publisher=Areca Books|isbn=978-983-42834-0-7|page=63}}</ref>
*  1957 &ndash; [[Lèse majesté in Thailand]] is strengthened to include "[[insult (legal)|insult]]" and changed to a crime against [[national security]], after the Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.<ref name="CMU">{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cmu.ac.th/law2011/journal/20682.pdf|title=Ramification and Re-Sacralization of the Lese Majesty Law in Thailand|access-date=2020-08-01|archive-date=2020-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216141425/https://www.law.cmu.ac.th/law2011/journal/20682.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|6,18}}
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[European Economic Community]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|first=G.|last=Sundaram|title=India and the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-86aS6LxtcC&pg=PA10|year=1997|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-623-8|page=10}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Fulgencio Batista]], dictator of [[Cuba]], is overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]]'s forces.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard E.|last=Welch|title=Response to Revolution: The United States and the Cuban Revolution, 1959-1961|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kbk-pqgwU20C&pg=PA217|year=1985|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-4136-5|page=217}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cameroon]] achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hilary V.|last=Lukong|title=The Cameroon-Nigeria Border Dispute. Management and Resolution, 1981-2011: Management and Resolution, 1981-2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDVHeK2cNTkC&pg=PA1|year=2011|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=978-9956-717-59-0|pages=1–}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Western Samoa Trust Territory|Western Samoa]] achieves independence from [[New Zealand]]; its name is changed to the [[Independent State of Western Samoa]].<ref>{{cite book|author=New Zealand. Parliament|author-link=New Zealand Parliament|title=Parliamentary Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3265|pages=3265–}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] is divided into the independent republics of [[Zambia]] and [[Malawi]], and the British-controlled [[Rhodesia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United Nations|author-link=United Nations|title=Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General: Status as at 31 December 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COTPTORbCS4C&pg=PR30|date=7 April 2004|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-133570-5|pages=30–}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] is founded in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Thomas Ruttig|url=http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_9674-544-2-30.pdf|title=Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902–2006)|publisher=Konrad Adenauer Siftung|access-date=20 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327080610/http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_9674-544-2-30.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; The defined beginning of [[Unix time]], at 00:00:00.<ref name="single-unix-spec-4.16">{{cite web|url=http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_16|title=The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, section 4.16 Seconds Since the Epoch|publisher=[[The Open Group]]|access-date=22 Jan 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222113543/http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_16|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Cigarette]] [[Nicotine marketing|advertisements]] are banned on [[Television in the United States|American television]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Tobacco Regulation |url=http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm |website=Schaffer Library of Drug Policy |access-date=25 August 2021 |archive-date=16 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616014106/http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Denmark]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom]] are admitted into the [[European Economic Community]].<ref>{{cite book|first=A.|last=Italianer|author-link=Alexander Italianer|title=Theory and Practice of International Trade Linkage Models|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s23yCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA248|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-4472-5|page=248}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; A bomb explodes on board [[Middle East Airlines Flight 438]] over [[Qaisumah]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing all 81 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760101-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-023B OD-AFT Al Qaysumah|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-12-31|archive-date=2021-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604201811/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19760101-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Air India Flight 855]], a [[Boeing 747]], crashes into the [[Arabian Sea]] off the coast of [[Mumbai|Bombay, India]], due to instrument failure, [[spatial disorientation]], and [[pilot error]], killing all 213 people on board.<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|title=VT-EBD |id=19780101-1 }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; the [[Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations]] and [[Taiwan Relations Act]] enter into force. Through the Communiqué, the United States establishes normal diplomatic relations with China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/china-us-relations|title=Chronology of U.S.-China Relations, 1784-2000|access-date=2019-12-04|archive-date=2019-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204132934/https://history.state.gov/countries/issues/china-us-relations|url-status=dead}}</ref> Through the Act, the United States guarantees military support for Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.2479 - Taiwan Relations Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2479 |website=Congress.gov |date=10 April 1979 |publisher=Library of Congress |quote=Makes this Act effective as of January 1, 1979. |access-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228045225/https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2479 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Greece]] is admitted into the European Community.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dionyssis G.|last1=Dimitrakopoulos|first2=Argyris G.|last2=Passas|title=Greece in the European Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Wh0P0bhB3sC&pg=PT17|date=24 February 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-51551-6|pages=17–}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Peru]]vian [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]] becomes the first [[Latin America]]n to hold the title of [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Rotary International|author-link=Rotary International|title=The Rotarian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14|date=May 1995|publisher=Rotary International|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[ARPANET]] officially changes to using TCP/IP, the [[Internet Protocol]], effectively creating the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Deze|last1=Zeng|first2=Lin|last2=Gu|first3=Song|last3=Guo|title=Cloud Networking for Big Data|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6wvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=9 December 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-24720-5|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The original [[AT&T Corporation|American Telephone & Telegraph Company]] is divested of its 22 [[Bell System]] companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 [[United States Department of Justice]] [[Competition law|antitrust]] [[Breakup of the Bell System|suit against AT&T]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert J.|last1=Chapuis| first2=A. E. Jr. |last2=Joel|author-link2=Amos E. Joel Jr.|title=100 Years of Telephone Switching|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07NmhqkOqwsC&pg=PA545|year=2003|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-58603-372-9|pages=545–}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Brunei]] becomes independent of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicholas|last=Tarling|author-link=Nicholas Tarling|title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: pt.1. From c.1800 to the 1930s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U0trzUvic-8C&pg=PA127|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66372-4|page=127}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; The first British [[mobile phone]] call is made by Michael Harrison to his father [[Ernest Harrison|Sir Ernest Harrison]], chairman of [[Vodafone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title=New Year's Day mobile phone call made history and started a new era |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/31/new-years-eve-mobile-phone-call-made-history |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
*1985   &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 980]] crashes into [[Illimani|Mount Illimani]] in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-225 N819EA Nevado Illimani |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850101-0 |access-date=19 March 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[Pueblo of Isleta|Isleta Pueblo]] tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/01/us/new-mexico-indians-pick-first-woman-governor.html|title=NEW MEXICO INDIANS PICK FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR|last=AP|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 1987|access-date=2018-10-31|archive-date=2018-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095526/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/01/us/new-mexico-indians-pick-first-woman-governor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] comes into existence, creating the largest [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[religious denomination|denomination]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Günther|last1=Gassmann|first2=Mark W.|last2=Oldenburg|title=Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLlKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|date=10 October 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7482-4|pages=142–}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Montreal Protocol]] comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to [[ozone depletion]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Stephen O.|last1=Andersen|author-link1=Stephen O. Andersen|first2=K.|last2=Madhava Sarma|first3=Lani|last3=Sinclair|title=Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuesUPcIOq8C&pg=PA100|year=2012|publisher=Earthscan|isbn=978-1-84977-226-6|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[David Dinkins]] is sworn in as [[New York City]]'s first black [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Chris|last=McNickle|title=The Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins: 1990-1993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb2oC42lFWwC&pg=PA95|date=1 November 2012|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-4959-3|pages=95–}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]]: [[Czechoslovakia]] is divided into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia|Slovak Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Michael|last1=Kraus|first2=Allison|last2=Stanger|author-link2=Allison Stanger|title=Irreconcilable Differences?: Explaining Czechoslovakia's Dissolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LllN7rChpeYC&pg=PA331|year=2000|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-9021-3|pages=331–}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of [[Chiapas]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Khasnabish|title=Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKd3n79J8GAC&pg=PA4|year=2008|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-9633-3|pages=4–}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; The [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) comes into effect.<ref>{{cite book|first=Leslie Alan|last=Glick|title=Understanding the North American Free Trade Agreement: Legal and Business Consequences of NAFTA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0G7ZRmi6f3UC&pg=PA198|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Kluwer Law International B.V.|isbn=978-90-411-3205-5|page=198}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[World Trade Organization]] comes into being.<ref>{{cite book|first=K.R.|last=Gupta|title=A Study of World Trade Organisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6KresowWH8C&pg=PA39|year=2008|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0976-6|pages=39–}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; The [[Draupner wave]] in the [[North Sea]] in [[Norway]] is detected, confirming the existence of [[Rogue wave|freak waves]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Tom S.|last=Garrison|title=Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bjx-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT328|date=1 January 2015|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-305-48057-5|pages=328–}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Austria]], [[Finland]] and [[Sweden]] [[1995 enlargement of the European Union|join the EU]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Aparajita|last=Endow|title=France, Germany and the European Union: Maastricht and After|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWjbqowVTMsC&pg=PA56|year=2003|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=978-81-87879-12-1|pages=56–}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Following a [[Monetary reform in Russia, 1998|currency reform]], Russia begins to circulate new [[Russian ruble|rubles]] to stem [[inflation]] and promote confidence.<ref>{{cite book|title=Economic Trends Quarterly Issue: Kazakstan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PT-SAAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=European Commission, DGIA, NIS/Tacis services}}</ref>
* 1998 – Argentinian physicist [[Juan Maldacena]] publishes a landmark paper initiating the study of [[AdS/CFT correspondence]], which links [[string theory]] and [[quantum gravity]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Maldacena| first1=Juan | title=The Large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity | journal=Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | volume=2 | issue=4 | year=1998 | pages=231–252 | arxiv=hep-th/9711200|bibcode = 1998AdTMP...2..231M | doi=10.4310/ATMP.1998.V2.N2.A1}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[Euro]] currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the [[European Union]] (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).<ref name=":0">{{cite book|first=Sampat|last=Mukherjee|title=Modern Economic Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4d6FmT2c13cC&pg=PA922|year=2002|publisher=New Age International|isbn=978-81-224-1414-1|page=922}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash;  [[Greece]] adopts the [[Euro]], becoming the 12th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref name=":0" />
*[[2004]] &ndash; In a [[Motion of no confidence|vote of confidence]], General [[Pervez Musharraf]] wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the [[Electoral College (Pakistan)|Electoral College of Pakistan]], and according to Article 41(8) of the [[Constitution of Pakistan]], is "deemed to be elected" to the office of [[President of Pakistan|President]] until October 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html|title=Pakistan's Dubious Referendum|date=2002-05-01|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2017-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064119/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] [[2007 enlargement of the European Union|join the EU]].<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/5th_enlargement/index_en.htm Enlargement, 3 years after] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625150449/http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/5th_enlargement/index_en.htm|date=25 June 2009}}, [[Europa (web portal)]]</ref>
*  2007 &ndash; [[Adam Air Flight 574]] breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the [[Makassar Strait]], [[Indonesia]], killing all 102 people on board.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D44TAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; Sixty-six people die in a [[Santika Club fire|nightclub fire]] in [[Bangkok|Bangkok, Thailand]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|author-link=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|page=33}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; A suicide car bomber [[2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing|detonates at a volleyball tournament]] in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6973227.ece|title=Slaughter on the volleyball field as Taleban wreak revenge on villagers|last=Hussain|first=Zahid|date=1 January 2010|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=1 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107022510/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6973227.ece|archive-date=7 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; A bomb [[2011 Alexandria bombing|explodes]] as [[Copts|Coptic Christians]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], leave a new year service, killing 23 people.<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news|title=Egypt church blast death toll rises to 23|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7010M020110104|work=Reuters|access-date=16 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107073232/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7010M020110104|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=live|date=4 January 2011|df=dmy}}</ref>
*  2011 &ndash; [[Estonia]] officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th [[Eurozone]] country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513|title=Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone|date=31 December 2010|website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 November 2018|archive-date=7 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107004045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12098513|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a [[2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede|stampede]] after celebrations at [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny|Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium]] in [[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-01-01|title=Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast|url=https://www.arabnews.com/about-60-crushed-death-ivory-coast-stadium-stampede|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Arab News|archive-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923130556/https://www.arabnews.com/about-60-crushed-death-ivory-coast-stadium-stampede|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Eurasian Economic Union]] comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx|title=The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union is effective|website=Eurasian Economic Commission|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-date=7 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007055314/http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/01-01-2015-1.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; An [[Istanbul nightclub shooting|attack on a nightclub]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]], during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-remands-44-in-nightclub-attack-trial-2890721|title=Turkish court remands 44 in nightclub attack trial|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|website=Yeni Şafak|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216102729/http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-remands-44-in-nightclub-attack-trial-2890721|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Croatia]] officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the [[Schengen Area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croatia-ap-slovenia-zagreb-european-central-bank-b2254185.html|title=Croatia rings in New Year as fully integrated EU member|last=Niksic|first=Sabina|website=The Independent|date=January 2023|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101035431/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croatia-ap-slovenia-zagreb-european-central-bank-b2254185.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; A 7.5 {{M|ww}} [[2024 Noto earthquake|earthquake strikes]] the western coast of [[Japan]], killing more than 500 people and injuring over 1,000 others.<ref name="SANKEI">{{cite news|title=Earthquake death toll expected to exceed 500; 15 additional deaths confirmed in Ishikawa|trans-title=Jishin shisha 500-ri chō mitōshi, Ishikawa de kanren-shi 15-ri o tsuika nintei|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20241219-MKJZRKFEVJO6JBRMULEIHVYPQQ/|newspaper=[[Sankei Shimbun]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:地震死者500人超見通し、石川で関連死15人を追加認定|date=19 December 2024|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> A majority of direct deaths were due to collapsed homes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shisha no 8-wari chō, kaoku tōkai de ken shimei kōhyō no 80 jinchū Notohantō jishin|trans-title=More than 80% of fatalities occurred due to collapsed houses; names of 80 people released by prefecture in Noto Peninsula Earthquake|language=ja|script-title=ja:死者の8割超、家屋倒壊で 県氏名公表の80人中 能登半島地震|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/da2ec17906ad1f868f3c33c0bbab29b7f3635751|access-date=19 January 2024|work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119000804/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/da2ec17906ad1f868f3c33c0bbab29b7f3635751|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Yahoo Japan]]}}</ref>
* 2024  &ndash; Disney's copyright protection on ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' and the original [[Mickey Mouse]] expires as they [[2024 in public domain|enter the public domain]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Disney's earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67833411 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=January 2024 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101052650/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67833411 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2024  &ndash; [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] ceases to exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/europe/nagorno-karabakh-officially-dissolve-intl/index.html|title=Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year. How did this happen?|website=[[CNN]]|date=28 September 2023|access-date=January 12, 2024|archive-date=30 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930020313/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/europe/nagorno-karabakh-officially-dissolve-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; 14 people are killed and 35 others injured during a [[2025 New Orleans truck attack|vehicle-ramming and shooting attack]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Driver 'hell-bent on carnage' kills 10, injures 30 on New Year's Day in New Orleans |url=https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-63a1b43d615af365cb8ba6f5f0583eca |website=AP News |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>