On this day: January 1

January 1: New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar); Independence Day in Brunei (1984) and Samoa (1962)

Lachlan Macquarie

• 1068 – Having been pardoned by the regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa for attempting to usurp the throne, Romanos IV Diogenes married her to become Byzantine emperor.
• 1785 – The Times, the first newspaper of that name, began publication in London as The Daily Universal Register.
• 1810 – Lachlan Macquarie (pictured) became Governor of New South Wales, eventually playing a major role in the shaping of the social, economic and architectural development of the colony in Australia.
• 1945 – Second World War: The German Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte in an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.
• 2009 – A nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand, killed 66 patrons celebrating the new year.

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