January 1 in history: • 1726 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16, his church cantata for New Year's Day to a libretto by Georg Christian Lehms (pictured). → go there • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The town of Norfolk, Virginia, was burned and destroyed by the combined actions of British and Whig forces. → go there • 1785 – The Times began publication in London as The Daily Universal Register. → go there • 1926 – Ireland's first broadcaster, 2RN, began broadcasting. → go there • 2011 – A suicide bombing took place outside a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, following a New Year service, killing 23 people. → go there Born 1887: Wilhelm Canaris Wiki link Born 1926: Maria Frisé Wiki link Born 1975: Eiichiro Oda Wiki link Born 1983: Shou Zi Chew Wiki link Pictured: Lehms, c. 1715.