Historical Events In January - 01

1896  Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays on this day in history.  

1897  On January - 01 brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York  

1898  Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City on this day in history.  

1898  On January - 01 lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay  

1899  Cuba liberated from Spain by US on January - 01.  

1900  British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established on this day in history.  

1900  On this day in history compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect  

1901  Australia becomes a Commonwealth under British rule on this day in history.  

1901  On January - 01 australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies  

1901  On January - 01 ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69  

1902  On January - 01 nathan Stubblefield makes first public demonstration of radio, Pennsylvania  

1902  On January - 01 the first Rose Bowl game (Pasadena CA) (University of Michigan-49, Stanford-0)  

1904  Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production on January - 01.  

1905  On January - 01 9 hour work day for diamond miners  

1906  Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory on January - 01.  

1906  Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1907  On January - 01 president Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day  

1907  On this day in history cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58  

1908  The first time, a ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square on this day in history.  

1910  Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history belgian Mining law introduces 9½-hour work day  

1911  On January - 01 south Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government  

1912  Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic on this day in history.  

1913  On January - 01 post office begins parcel post deliveries  

1914  Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands' first socialist mayor (Zaandam) on January - 01.  

1914  On January - 01 northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria  

1914  On January - 01 the first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles.  

1914  The first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) on January - 01.  

1915  On this day in history dW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview  

1915  On this day in history jews of Laibach Austria expelled  

1918  Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland on January - 01.  

1919  On this day in history belorussian SSR established  

1919  On this day in history william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60  

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.  

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

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

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

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

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

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52