Historical Events In January - 01

1914  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)  

1915  DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview on this day in history.  

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on this day in history.  

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

1919  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established  

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

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

1922  On January - 01 vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road  

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

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

1924  Grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP on January - 01.  

1925  On January - 01 norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo  

1926  On January - 01 flood in Rhine strikes Cologne  

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

1928  The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio on January - 01.  

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  Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era on January - 01.  

1932  Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH on this day in history.  

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

1934  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on this day in history.  

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  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.  

1934  On January - 01 jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60  

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on January - 01.  

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

1935  On January - 01 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  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on January - 01.  

1937  On January - 01 count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain  

1937  On January - 01 uS Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio  

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

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  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  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  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.  

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

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

1387  On January - 01 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 January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52