Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01.  

1976  On this day in history venezuela nationalizes oil fields  

1977  On January - 01 belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596  

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

1977  On this day in history first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)  

1978  Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 on January - 01.  

1978  On January - 01 president Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909  

1979  On this day in history international Year of the Child begins  

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

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot  

1980  On this day in history 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 January - 01.  

1980  On this day in history sweden changes order of succession to throne  

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  Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on January - 01.  

1981  International Year for the Disabled begins on January - 01.  

1981  On January - 01 palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing  

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  On this day in history mTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system  

1982  Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland on this day in history.  

1983  On January - 01 world Communications Year begins  

1984  AT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms on January - 01.  

1984  AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on this day in history.  

1984  Brunei becomes independent of UK on this day in history.  

1984  New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on this day in history.  

1985  On this day in history actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)  

1985  On this day in history international Youth Year begins  

1985  US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on January - 01.  

1986  On this day in history aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)  

1986  On this day in history barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

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

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

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 January - 01.  

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

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

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

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