Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 1

January 1: New Year's Day.

Mary Shelley

• 1801 - The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.

• 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley (pictured), was first published in London.

• 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia.

• 1959 - Cuban Revolution: President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana.

• 1999 - The Euro, the official currency of the European Union, was introduced.

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