Historical Events In January - 01

1976  On this day in history nBC replaces the peacock logo   

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on January - 01.   

1977  On January - 01 belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596   

1977  Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 on January - 01.   

1977  On this day in history first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)   

1978  Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 on January - 01.   

1978  President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909 on January - 01.   

1979  International Year of the Child begins on January - 01.   

1979  US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot   

1980  On this day in history international Decade of Water & Sanitation begins   

1980  On this day in history mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran   

1980  Premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal on this day in history.   

1980  Sweden changes order of succession to throne on January - 01.   

1980  Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on January - 01.   

1981  On January - 01 greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community   

1981  On this day in history greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community   

1981  On January - 01 international Year for the Disabled begins   

1981  Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing on January - 01.   

1981  Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors on January - 01.   

1982  On January - 01 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry   

1982  Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on January - 01.   

1982  MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system on this day in history.   

1982  On January - 01 pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland   

1983  On this day in history world Communications Year begins   

1984  On January - 01 aT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms.   

1984  AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on this day in history.   

1984  Brunei becomes independent of UK on January - 01.   

1984  On this day in history new York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢   

1985  On January - 01 actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)   

1985  International Youth Year begins on this day in history.   

1985  US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on January - 01.   

1986  Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands) on this day in history.   

1986  On January - 01 barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up   

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

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

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

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

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On January - 01 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  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

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