Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 30 October 2025
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 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 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 this day in history. 

1979 US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on January - 01. 

1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on this day in history. 

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

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

1981 Greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community on January - 01. 

1981 On January - 01 greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community 

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 this day in history. 

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

1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on January - 01. 

1984 On this day in history brunei becomes independent of UK 

1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on January - 01. 

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 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands) on this day in history. 

1986 On January - 01 barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up 

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