Today In History

Mon., Jan. 1, 2001

In 1863: President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.

In 1958: Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.

In 1959: Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.

In 1984: The breakup of AT&T took place as the telecommunications giant was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.

In 1994: The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.

In 2000: The arrival of 2000 saw no terrorist attacks, Y2K meltdowns or mass suicides among doomsday cults, but instead saw joyous New Year festivities.

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