Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.  

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

1919  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established  

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on January - 01.  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history the first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio  

1930  Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison  

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

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

1935  On this day in history eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM  

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

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

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

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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 January - 01.  

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

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.  

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

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  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

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

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

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 January - 01.