On This Day: January 1

19 verified moments happened on January 1. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1863📜 Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declares enslaved people in the rebelling Southern states to be free.History · Source: National Archives, 'The Emancipation Proclamation' (Jan 1 1863)
2. 1863📜 President Lincoln's proclamation declaring enslaved people in rebel states free takes legal effect.USA 250 · Source: National Archives, Emancipation Proclamation (Jan 1 1863)
3. 1892🛳️ A new federal immigration station opens in New York Harbor, processing a teenage girl from Ireland as its first arrival.USA 250 · Source: HISTORY, first immigrants arrive at Ellis Island (Jan 1 1892)
4. 1902Fielding Yost's Michigan crushes Stanford 49-0 in the first-ever Rose Bowl, college football's first postseason gameSports · Source: Wikipedia, '1902 Rose Bowl'; Library of Congress Headlines & Heroes, '1902 Rose Bowl: First College Bowl Game'
5. 1926🌹 Alabama, the first Southern team invited to the Rose Bowl, upsets Washington 20-19 in Pasadena.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1926 Rose Bowl' (Jan 1 1926)
6. 1929🔄 California's Roy Riegels runs the wrong way with a fumble in the Rose Bowl, setting up Georgia Tech's 8-7 win.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1929 Rose Bowl' (Jan 1 1929)
7. 1935🍬 Tulane beats Temple 20-14 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans in the first Sugar Bowl.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1935 Sugar Bowl' (Jan 1 1935)
8. 1937🌾 TCU and Sammy Baugh beat Marquette 16-6 in Dallas in the first Cotton Bowl Classic.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1937 Cotton Bowl Classic' (Jan 1 1937)
9. 1942🌹 With the West Coast fearing attack after Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl moves to Durham, North Carolina, where Oregon State beats Duke 20-16.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1942 Rose Bowl' (Jan 1 1942)
10. 1961Houston Oilers defeat the Los Angeles Chargers to win the first-ever AFL ChampionshipPro Football · Source: Pro-Football-Reference boxscore 196101010oti; Wikipedia: 1960 AFL Championship Game
11. 1965🌙 Texas beats top-ranked Alabama and Joe Namath 21-17 in the first bowl game played at night in prime time.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1965 Orange Bowl' (Jan 1 1965)
12. 1979🧱 Alabama's defense stops Penn State inches from the goal line on fourth down to win the Sugar Bowl 14-7 and the AP national title.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1979 Sugar Bowl' (Jan 1 1979)
13. 1981🏆 Freshman Herschel Walker carries Georgia past Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl to finish 12-0 and win the national championship.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1981 Sugar Bowl' (Jan 1 1981)
14. 1983🏆 Todd Blackledge and Penn State beat Herschel Walker's Georgia 27-23 in the Sugar Bowl for Joe Paterno's first national title.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1983 Sugar Bowl' (Jan 1 1983)
15. 1994🏆 Florida State edges Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl to deliver Bobby Bowden his first national championship.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1994 Orange Bowl' (Jan 1 1994)
16. 1995🏆 Tommie Frazier and Nebraska rally past Miami 24-17 in the Orange Bowl for Tom Osborne's first national championship.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1995 Orange Bowl' (Jan 1 1995); 'Tom Osborne' for first title
17. 2005⛰️ Urban Meyer's Utah routs Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl as the first team from outside the power conferences to play in a BCS bowl.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '2005 Fiesta Bowl' (Jan 1 2005)
18. 2007🗽 Boise State beats Oklahoma 43-42 in overtime on a Statue of Liberty two-point play, then Ian Johnson proposes to his cheerleader girlfriend.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '2007 Fiesta Bowl' (Jan 1 2007)
19. 2008Sidney Crosby's shootout winner before 71,000 snowy fans in Buffalo decides the NHL's first Winter Classic.Sports · Source: NHL.com — Jan. 1: Penguins win inaugural Winter Classic