Historical Events In January - 01

1986  On this day in history international Peace Year begins  

1986  New York City NY transit fare rises from 90¢ to $1.00 on this day in history.  

1986  Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market (European Economic Community) on January - 01.  

1987  On this day in history 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico  

1987  On January - 01 china's rudimentary civil code in effect  

1987  International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins on this day in history.  

1987  Year of the Reader begins on January - 01.  

1988  On this day in history actress Kelly McGillis marries Fred Tillman  

1988  On this day in history czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen  

1989  On this day in history new York City NY transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15  

1989  On January - 01 year of the Young Reader begins  

1990  On January - 01 david Dinkins sworn in as first black mayor of New York City NY  

1990  On January - 01 mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ  

1990  New York City NY MTA stops token redemption at subway stations on January - 01.  

1990  On January - 01 sports News Network begins operation on cable TV  

1991  5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR on this day in history.  

1991  Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak on January - 01.  

1992  Boutros Boutros-Ghali becomes UN Secretary-General on this day in history.  

1992  Bush is first US President to address Australian Parliament on this day in history.  

1992  Curaçao becomes first in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education on this day in history.  

1992  On January - 01 europe breaks down trade barriers  

1992  On this day in history international Space Year begins  

1992  New York City NY transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 on this day in history.  

1993  12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone on this day in history.  

1993  Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City NY's MTA on January - 01.  

1993  Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history czechoslovakia split into two separate states  

1993  On January - 01 czechoslovakia splits into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  

1993  On January - 01 harry Connick Jr arrested at a New York airport for gun possession  

1994  On this day in history actor Cesar Romero dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 86.  

1994  On January - 01 bill Gates, Microsoft CEO, marries Marilyn French.  

1994  On January - 01 howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant  

1994  International Year of Family on January - 01.  

1994  On this day in history microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

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

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

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

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  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52