Historical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history venezuela nationalizes oil fields
1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on January - 01.
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 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 on January - 01.
1978 President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909 on January - 01.
1979 On this day in history international Year of the Child begins
1979 US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history chrysler UK renamed Talbot
1980 On this day in history international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
1980 On this day in history mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
1980 On January - 01 premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal
1980 On January - 01 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 On this day in history greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community
1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on January - 01.
1981 International Year for the Disabled begins on January - 01.
1981 On this day in history palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
1981 On this day in history roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1984 On this day in history brunei becomes independent of UK
1984 New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)
1985 International Youth Year begins on January - 01.
1985 US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on this day in history.
1986 On January - 01 aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)
1986 Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on January - 01.
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