Historical Events In January - 01

1976  On January - 01 nBC replaces the peacock logo  

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on January - 01.  

1977  On this day in history belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596  

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

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

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

1978  On this day in history president Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909  

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

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

1980  Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on January - 01.  

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1980  On this day in history international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins  

1980  On January - 01 mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran  

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

1980  Sweden changes order of succession to throne on January - 01.  

1980  On this day in history frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70  

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

1981  Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on January - 01.  

1981  On this day in history international Year for the Disabled begins  

1981  On this day in history palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing  

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 this day in history javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN  

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  World Communications Year begins on January - 01.  

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

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

1984  On this day in history brunei becomes independent of UK  

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 January - 01 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 January - 01.  

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 this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

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

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

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  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

1204  On this day in history 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  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.