Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on this day in history.   

1976  On January - 01 venezuela nationalizes oil fields   

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

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  On this day in history air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213   

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

1979  On this day in history international Year of the Child begins   

1979  On January - 01 uS & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations   

1980  Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on this day in history.   

1980  International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins on January - 01.   

1980  On January - 01 mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran   

1980  On this day in history premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal   

1980  On January - 01 sweden changes order of succession to throne   

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

1981  Greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community on January - 01.   

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

1981  On January - 01 international Year for the Disabled begins   

1981  Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing on this day in history.   

1981  Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors on this day in history.   

1982  30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry on this day in history.   

1982  On January - 01 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  World Communications Year begins on January - 01.   

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

1984  On this day in history aT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

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

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

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  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52