What happend on 1st January

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1987

Battle of Reading

1986

Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.

1986

Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1985

The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.

1985

The Internet's Domain Name System is created.

1984

The Sultanate of Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

1984

AT&T is broken up into twenty-two independent units.

1983

The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.

1981

The Republic of Palau achieves self-government; it is not yet independent from the United States of America.

1981

The Republic of Greece is admitted into the European Community.