Historical Events In January - 01

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

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

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

1915  On this day in history dW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview  

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.  

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

1919  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established  

1919  On January - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics established  

1924  Grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP on this day in history.  

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

1926  Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne on January - 01.  

1927  Communist uprising in West Java on January - 01.  

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

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

1930  On this day in history 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  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  On January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison  

1934  On this day in history 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 January - 01 international Telecommunication Union established  

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

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

1936  The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune on this day in history.  

1937  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on this day in history.  

1937  Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain on January - 01.  

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

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

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

1481  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

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