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History Today: How Europe introduced the euro on January 1, 1999
Are you a history buff? Then we have you covered.
Starting today (January 1, 2025), Firstpost Explainers will rewind the clock and go back in time to take you through the biggest events that unfolded in history and shaped the world.
On this day, January 1, back in 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation through which it was declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
This day in 1818 also saw the release of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, which is frequently called the world’s first science fiction novel.
In 1999, the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union, was introduced across Europe and by 2002, it was issued in coins and notes.
Here’s a look back.
On January 1, 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln changed the course of history by signing the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the enslaved people of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union.
Historically speaking, the Emancip
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