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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established   

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

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 January - 01.   

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established   

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics established   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Communist uprising in West Java on January - 01.   

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

1930  On this day in history stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.   

1932  Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH on this day in history.   

1932  On January - 01 rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws   

1934  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect   

1934  On January - 01 federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

1937  On this day in history count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain   

1937  On this day in history uS Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio   

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

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  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  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  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

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