Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01.   

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on this day in history.   

1977  Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on this day in history.   

1977  Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 on this day in history.   

1977  First woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) on January - 01.   

1978  Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 on this day in history.   

1978  President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909 on this day in history.   

1979  International Year of the Child begins on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations   

1980  Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on this day in history.   

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

1980  Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on this day in history.   

1981  International Year for the Disabled begins on this day in history.   

1981  On January - 01 palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing   

1981  On January - 01 roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors   

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

1982  On this day in history javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN   

1982  On this day in history mTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system   

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

1983  On January - 01 world Communications Year begins   

1984  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

1984  Brunei becomes independent of UK on this day in history.   

1984  New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on this day in history.   

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

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins   

1985  On January - 01 uS's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)   

1986  Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands) on January - 01.   

1986  On this day in history 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  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

1431  On January - 01 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 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 January - 01.   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.   

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

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  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.