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  Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on this day in history.  

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

1977  First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

1979  International Year of the Child begins on January - 01.  

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

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot  

1980  On January - 01 international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins  

1980  Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on January - 01.  

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  On this day in history frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70  

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  On this day in history international Year for the Disabled begins  

1981  Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing on this day in history.  

1981  Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors on January - 01.  

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

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 January - 01.  

1982  On this day in history pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland  

1983  World Communications Year begins on January - 01.  

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 January - 01 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 January - 01.  

1985  International Youth Year begins on January - 01.  

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 January - 01 barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up  

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

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 January - 01.  

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

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 January - 01.