Historical Events In January - 01

1914  On January - 01 northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria   

1914  The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles on this day in history.   

1914  On January - 01 the first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)   

1915  On January - 01 dW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview   

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on January - 01.   

1918  On January - 01 last day of the Julian calendar in Finland   

1919  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established   

1919  On January - 01 william W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60   

1920  On January - 01 paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1922  Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road on this day in history.   

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established on this day in history.   

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established on January - 01.   

1924  On this day in history grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP   

1925  On this day in history norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo   

1926  Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne on this day in history.   

1927  On January - 01 communist uprising in West Java   

1928  On this day in history the first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio   

1930  On this day in history earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant   

1930  Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever on this day in history.   

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  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws on January - 01.   

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

1934  On January - 01 federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect   

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective on this day in history.   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.   

1934  On January - 01 jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

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 this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune   

1937  On January - 01 anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua   

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

1937  On January - 01 uS Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

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  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

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

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 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  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

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