Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on this day in history.  

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on this day in history.  

1977  Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on January - 01.  

1977  Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 on this day in history.  

1977  First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) on January - 01.  

1978  On January - 01 air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213  

1978  On this day in history president Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909  

1979  International Year of the Child begins on January - 01.  

1979  On this day in history uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations  

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot  

1980  On January - 01 international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins  

1980  Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on January - 01.  

1980  On this day in history premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal  

1980  Sweden changes order of succession to throne on January - 01.  

1980  On January - 01 frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70  

1981  Greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community  

1981  On this day in history international Year for the Disabled begins  

1981  Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing on January - 01.  

1981  Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors on January - 01.  

1982  On January - 01 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry  

1982  Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on January - 01.  

1982  MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system on January - 01.  

1982  On January - 01 pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland  

1983  On this day in history world Communications Year begins  

1984  On this day in history aT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms.  

1984  On this day in history aT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies  

1984  On January - 01 brunei becomes independent of UK  

1984  On this day in history new York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢  

1985  On January - 01 actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)  

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins  

1985  On January - 01 uS's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)  

1986  Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands) on this day in history.  

1986  Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on January - 01.  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.  

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.