Page 9: Historical Events In January - 01

1914  On this day in history 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  The first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history jews of Laibach Austria expelled   

1918  Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland on January - 01.   

1919  On January - 01 belorussian SSR established   

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

1920  Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on January - 01.   

1922  On this day in history vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road   

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

1923  On this day in history union of Socialist Soviet Republics established   

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

1925  On January - 01 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  The first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio on this day in history.   

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

1930  Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever on January - 01.   

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

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

1932  Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws on this day in history.   

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

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect on January - 01.   

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective on January - 01.   

1934  International Telecommunication Union established on January - 01.   

1934  Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60 on January - 01.   

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on this day in history.   

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  On January - 01 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  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  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  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  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

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