On This Day: January 1

6 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. 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
6. 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