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2A Daily News – Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2014.There are 364 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states shall be ''forever free.'' On this date: In 1660, Englishman Samuel Pepys (peeps) wrote the first entry of his famous diary. In 1785, The Daily Universal Register — which later became the Times of London — published its first issue. In 1892, the Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally opened. In 1913, the U.S. Parcel Post system went into operation. In 1939, the technology company Hewlett-Packard was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, Calif. In 1942, 26 countries, including the United States, signed the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging ''not to make a separate armistice or peace'' with members of the Axis. In 1953, country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, was discovered dead in the back seat of his car during a stop in Oak Hill, W.Va., while he was being driven to a concert date in Canton, Ohio. In 1954, NBC broadcast the first coast-to-coast color TV program as it presented live coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. In 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, who fled to the Dominican Republic. In 1984, the breakup of AT&T took place as the telecommunications giant was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement. In 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect. Five years ago: An Israeli warplane dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on the home of one of Hamas' top five decision-makers, instantly killing him and 18 others. One year ago: The Senate approved a compromise in the small hours to avert the ''fiscal cliff'' and sent it to the House, which approved it in a late-night vote. Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., is 92. Documentary maker Frederick Wiseman is 84. Actor Frank Langella is 76. Country singer Steve Ripley (The Tractors) is 64. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is 60. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 56. Actor Verne Troyer is 45. Thought for Today: ''The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.'' — G.K. Chesterton, English poet-essayist (1874-1936). Through the Newspapers in Education program, area classrooms receive the Red Bluff Daily News every day thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF 885 NTY S I N C E 1 TEHAMA COU E VOICE OF THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NEWSPAPERS Support our classrooms, keep kids reading. DONATE YOUR VACATION • CALIFORNIA WALNUT COMPANY • LEPAGE COMPANY INC. • MODERN CLEANERS • OLIVE CITY QUICK LUBE • WALMART • TEHAMA CO. DEPT. OF ED. • JOHN WHEELER LOGGING, INC. • DUDLEY'S EXCAVATING, INC. • HINKLE ROOFING & CONST. • BRETNEY SUTTERFIELD • ETZLER FINANCIAL & INSURANCE • OLIVE CITY TAX PROFESSIONALS • PLACER TITLE COMPANY • AIRPORT AUTO REPAIR • KAY STEPHENS, MD • GREENWASTE OF TEHAMA • LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP. • NORTH MAIN AUTOMOTIVE • QRC • RED BLUFF VISION CENTER • STEVE'S BACKHOE SERVICE • WARNER ELECTRIC • TRIPLE R GAS • SCHOOL HOUSE MARKET Please help sponsor a classroom subscription Call Kathy at (530) 527-2151 to find out how. newspaper dollars to the Newspaper In Education Program HELP OUR CHILDREN For more details call Circulation Department (530) 527-2151 DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 PHONE: (530) 527-2151 FAX: (530) 527-5774 545 Diamond Avenue • P.O. Box 220 • Red Bluff, CA 96080