Page 9: 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 this day in history the first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)   

1915  DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview on this day in history.   

1915  On January - 01 jews of Laibach Austria expelled   

1918  On this day in history last day of the Julian calendar in Finland   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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

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

1924  Grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP on this day in history.   

1925  On January - 01 norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo   

1926  On this day in history flood in Rhine strikes Cologne   

1927  On January - 01 communist uprising in West Java   

1928  On January - 01 the first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio   

1930  On January - 01 earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant   

1930  On this day in history jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever   

1930  Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH   

1932  On this day in history rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws   

1934  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on January - 01.   

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

1934  On this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.   

1934  On this day in history 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  On this day in history president Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"   

1936  The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune on January - 01.   

1937  Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1937  Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain on January - 01.   

1937  US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history 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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

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 January - 01.