Page 9: Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history last day of the Julian calendar in Finland   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on January - 01.   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1922  On January - 01 vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road   

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 January - 01 grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP   

1925  Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo on January - 01.   

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

1927  On this day in history communist uprising in West Java   

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

1930  Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant on January - 01.   

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  On January - 01 jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH   

1932  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws on January - 01.   

1934  On this day in history alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison   

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  On this day in history jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on this day in history.   

1935  Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM on this day in history.   

1935  President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey" on this day in history.   

1936  On January - 01 the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune   

1937  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on January - 01.   

1937  Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain on this day in history.   

1937  On January - 01 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 this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

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 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  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 this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

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