Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01.   

1976  On this day in history venezuela nationalizes oil fields   

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

1977  Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 on this day in history.   

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

1978  Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 on this day in history.   

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 January - 01 uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations   

1980  Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on January - 01.   

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

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

1980  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community   

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

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  Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

1983  On this day in history 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 January - 01 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 this day in history.   

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins   

1985  On January - 01 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  On January - 01 barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up   

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On this day in history 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  On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.   

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

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.   

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

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.