Page 9: 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  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 January - 01.   

1915  On this day in history jews of Laibach Austria expelled   

1918  On January - 01 last day of the Julian calendar in Finland   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on January - 01.   

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

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

1922  Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road on this day in history.   

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established on this day in history.   

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established on this day in history.   

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

1925  Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo on this day in history.   

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

1927  On January - 01 communist uprising in West Java   

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

1930  On January - 01 earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant   

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  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws on January - 01.   

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

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

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective on this day in history.   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on this day in history.   

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

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on this day in history.   

1935  Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1937  US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio on January - 01.   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.   

0404  On this day in history 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  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

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