Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

1976  On this day in history nBC replaces the peacock logo   

1976  On January - 01 venezuela nationalizes oil fields   

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

1977  On January - 01 czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77   

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

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

1978  On January - 01 president Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909   

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

1979  US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on January - 01.   

1980  On January - 01 chrysler UK renamed Talbot   

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

1980  Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on this day in history.   

1980  On January - 01 premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal   

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

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

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  Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on this day in history.   

1982  On January - 01 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  On this day in history aT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms.   

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

1984  On January - 01 brunei becomes independent of UK   

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

1985  Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing) on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins   

1985  US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on this day in history.   

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

1986  Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on January - 01.   

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0766  On this day in history 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 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 January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1204  On this day in history 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