January 1

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	45 BC	The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.	Circulatory System	Time or Dateline	Circulatory System
2.	1772	The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.	Beck	Canceled Check	Mutations
3.	1801	The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Dwarfish Trumpet Blues	My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Thier Hair But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows
4.	1863	The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.	The Carter Family	The Homestead on the Farm	The Carter Family: 1927-1934
5.	1890	The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.	Elliot Smith	Rose Parade	Either Or
6.	1892	Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.	Traffic	You Can All Join In	Traffic
7.	1898	New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs,Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.	Madball	New York City	Set It Off
8.	1939	William Hewlett and David Packard found Hewlett-Packard.	Grandaddy	Hewlett's Daughter	Sophtware Slump
9.	1971	Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.	Ben Folds Five	Cigarette	Whatever and Ever Amen

(Historical facts about January 1 are from Wikipedia.)