Page 9: Historical Events In January - 01

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

1914  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1915  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

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  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  Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1930  Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever on January - 01.   

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

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 this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.   

1934  On this day in history 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  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  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on January - 01.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

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 this day in history.   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

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