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 January - 01.  

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

1915  On January - 01 dW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview  

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.  

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

1919  Belorussian SSR established on this day in history.  

1919  On January - 01 william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60  

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

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

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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  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  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 January - 01.  

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  Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH on January - 01.  

1932  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws on January - 01.  

1934  On January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison  

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect on this day in history.  

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

1934  On January - 01 international Telecommunication Union established  

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1935  On January - 01 associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto  

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

1935  On January - 01 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  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.  

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

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

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

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