CHRISTOPHER REDDEN MARGARET GRANT

45 BC - The Julian calendar first takes effect. 404 - Last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.

630 - Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. 1651 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland.

1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.

1788 - First edition of The Times of London is published. 1797 - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.

1801 - The first known asteroid 1 Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.

1808 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned. 1894 - The Manchester Ship Canal, England, was officially opened to traffic.

• 1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York.
• 1908 - The first payments of old-age pensions were made in Britain, with persons over 70 receiving five shillings (25p) a week. 1912 - The Republic of China is established.
• 1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
• 1970 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC. 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

1984 - AT&T is broken up into twenty-two independent units.

1985 - The Internet's Domain Name System is created.

• 1985 - The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
• 1992 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States of America to address the Australian Parliament. 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.

1995 - The World Trade Organization comes into effect.