When Did the Ellis Island Immigration Process Start?

On January 1, 1892

Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.

Ellis Island went on to be the gateway to the US for more than 12 million people.

This Day in History - January 1

1959

Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

2019

Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.

1916

Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.

1993

The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1801

The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by an Italian monk called Giuseppe Piazzi.

What Happened on Jan 1?

What Happened in 1892?