Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 15 April 2021
1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01. 
1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
1977 On this day in history czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
1977 On January - 01 first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
1978 On this day in history air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1978 President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909 on this day in history.
1979 On January - 01 international Year of the Child begins
1979 US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on January - 01.
1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on this day in history.
1980 On January - 01 international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on this day in history.
1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal on this day in history.
1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne on January - 01.
1980 On this day in history frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
1981 Greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community on January - 01.
1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on January - 01.
1981 International Year for the Disabled begins on January - 01.
1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing on this day in history.
1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1982 MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system on January - 01.
1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland on January - 01.
1983 On January - 01 world Communications Year begins
1984 On January - 01 aT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms.
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on this day in history.
1984 On January - 01 brunei becomes independent of UK
1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on January - 01.
1985 On January - 01 actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)
1985 International Youth Year begins on January - 01.
1985 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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