Historical Events In January - 01

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1915  On January - 01 jews of Laibach Austria expelled   

1918  Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland on this day in history.   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history 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 January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established   

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

1924  On January - 01 grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP   

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

1926  On this day in history flood in Rhine strikes Cologne   

1927  Communist uprising in West Java on this day in history.   

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 January - 01 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 January - 01 rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws   

1934  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on January - 01.   

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect on January - 01.   

1934  On January - 01 federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history president Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"   

1936  On this day in history the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune   

1937  On this day in history anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua   

1937  On January - 01 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 January - 01 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  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

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

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

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

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

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

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.