Page 9: Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on January - 01.   

1914  The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles on this day in history.   

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

1915  DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview on January - 01.   

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.   

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

1919  On this day in history belorussian SSR established   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1920  On January - 01 paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1922  Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road on January - 01.   

1923  On this day in history union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established   

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics established   

1924  On this day in history grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP   

1925  Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo on January - 01.   

1926  Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne on this day in history.   

1927  Communist uprising in West Java on January - 01.   

1928  On January - 01 the first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio   

1930  Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant on January - 01.   

1930  On this day in history jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever   

1930  On January - 01 stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.   

1932  On January - 01 jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH   

1932  On this day in history rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws   

1934  On January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison   

1934  On January - 01 federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect   

1934  On this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  On this day in history international Telecommunication Union established   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1935  On January - 01 associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto   

1935  Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM on January - 01.   

1935  President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey" on this day in history.   

1936  The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune on January - 01.   

1937  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on January - 01.   

1937  On this day in history count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain   

1937  US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio on this day in history.   

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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 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 January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

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 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 January - 01.   

1204  On this day in history 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 this day in history.