January 01

1801 – The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1916 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
1925 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way.
2001 – The Millennium Gate begins construction, the self-contained biosphere later becoming the model for Earth's first Mars colony.

Fun Fact:
The word "spaceship" dates back to 1880.