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Message: <blockquote data-quote="x-pert" data-source="post: 1109617" data-attributes="member: 837">404 - The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.630 - Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.1911 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.1912 - The Republic of China is established.1925 - The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.1939 - William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.1942 - The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.1970 - Unix time begins.1984 - AT&T is broken up into twenty-two independent units.1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.2007 - Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.2008 - The first energy efficient New Year's Ball is dropped in Times Square, New York City, USA. It is also the 100th year of the Ball drop in NYC.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1#Events" target="_blank">Full List </a></blockquote>

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