Historical Events In January - 01

1914  On January - 01 northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria  

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 January - 01.  

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

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on this day in history.  

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

1919  On this day in history belorussian SSR established  

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

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  

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

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established on January - 01.  

1924  Grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP on January - 01.  

1925  Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo on January - 01.  

1926  On this day in history flood in Rhine strikes Cologne  

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 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  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

1934  On January - 01 international Telecommunication Union established  

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

1935  On this day in history associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto  

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  On January - 01 the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune  

1937  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on January - 01.  

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

1937  US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio on this day in history.  

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

1387  On January - 01 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  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.  

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

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.  

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  On January - 01 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 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 this day in history.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.  

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