On This Day: January 1

3 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. 1902 Fielding 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'
3. 1961 Houston 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