Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

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

1976  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

1977  On January - 01 first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)   

1978  On January - 01 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 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  Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on January - 01.   

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

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

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

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

1985  On this day in history international Youth Year begins   

1985  On this day in history uS's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)   

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

1986  Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on this day in history.   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

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

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

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

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

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

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