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  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  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  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  On this day in history union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established   

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

1924  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

1927  On January - 01 communist uprising in West Java   

1928  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01 alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison   

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  On January - 01 international Telecommunication Union established   

1934  On this day in history jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

1935  Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM   

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 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  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 January - 01 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  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1387  On January - 01 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  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.