Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

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

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on January - 01.   

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

1977  On January - 01 czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77   

1977  First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) on this day in history.   

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

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

1979  International Year of the Child begins on this day in history.   

1979  US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot   

1980  International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins on January - 01.   

1980  On this day in history mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran   

1980  Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal on January - 01.   

1980  On January - 01 sweden changes order of succession to throne   

1980  Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on January - 01.   

1981  On January - 01 greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community   

1981  Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on this day in history.   

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

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

1981  On January - 01 roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors   

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

1982  On January - 01 javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN   

1982  On January - 01 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  World Communications Year begins on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1984  On January - 01 new York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢   

1985  Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing) on this day in history.   

1985  International Youth Year begins on this day in history.   

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

1986  On January - 01 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  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

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

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

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 this day in history.