Welcome to 2017, SubyClub!
Anniversaries for January 1st, 2017;
- 1773 - The hymn "Amazing Grace" was probably first used in a prayer meeting in Olney, England, without the music familiar to modern listeners.
- 1801 - Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of growing plants and of motherly love.
- 1928 - Personal secretary to Joseph Stalin, Boris Bazhanov, crossed the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union.
- 1959 - Cuban President Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana, marking the end of the Cuban Revolution.
- 2010 - A suicide bomber killed 105 spectators at a volleyball game in the Lakki Marwat District of Pakistan.
I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas break and a Happy New Year. Time to set new goals, New Year's resolutions and things you want to achieve for 2017.