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On this day in the United States

Today is New Year's Day.

• 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• 1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
• 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.
• 1934 – Alcatraz Island (pictured) becomes a United States federal prison.
• 1983 – The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.

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