Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01.   

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on January - 01.   

1977  On January - 01 belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596   

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  On January - 01 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 this day in history chrysler UK renamed Talbot   

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

1980  On this day in history mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran   

1980  Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal on January - 01.   

1980  Sweden changes order of succession to throne on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  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  AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on this day in history.   

1984  Brunei becomes independent of UK on January - 01.   

1984  On January - 01 new York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢   

1985  On this day in history actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)   

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins   

1985  US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on January - 01.   

1986  On this day in history 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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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.   

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

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.   

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

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

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

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

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.