Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on this day in history.  

1914  The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles on January - 01.  

1914  The first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) on this day in history.  

1915  DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview on this day in history.  

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.  

1918  Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history belorussian SSR established  

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on January - 01.  

1922  Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road on this day in history.  

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established  

1923  On this day in history union of Socialist Soviet Republics established  

1924  On January - 01 grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP  

1925  On January - 01 norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo  

1926  Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne on January - 01.  

1927  On this day in history communist uprising in West Java  

1928  The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio on this day in history.  

1930  Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant on January - 01.  

1930  On January - 01 jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever  

1930  On this day in history stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.  

1932  Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH on January - 01.  

1932  On this day in history rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws  

1934  On January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison  

1934  On January - 01 federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect  

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history international Telecommunication Union established  

1934  On this day in history jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60  

1935  On this day in history associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto  

1935  Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM on this day in history.  

1935  On January - 01 president Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"  

1936  On January - 01 the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune  

1937  On January - 01 anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua  

1937  On this day in history count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain  

1937  On January - 01 uS Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio  

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

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.  

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

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.  

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

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

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52