Historical Events In January - 01
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1976 On January - 01 nBC replaces the peacock logo
1976 On January - 01 venezuela nationalizes oil fields
1977 On this day in history belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
1977 On this day in history czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
1977 On this day in history first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
1978 On this day in history air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1978 On January - 01 president Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909
1979 On this day in history international Year of the Child begins
1979 US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on this day in history.
1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot on January - 01.
1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins on January - 01.
1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on January - 01.
1980 On this day in history premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal
1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne on January - 01.
1980 Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1981 Greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community on this day in history.
1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history international Year for the Disabled begins
1981 On this day in history palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
1981 On this day in history roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry on this day in history.
1982 Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on this day in history.
1982 On January - 01 mTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system
1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history world Communications Year begins
1984 AT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms on this day in history.
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies on January - 01.
1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK on January - 01.
1984 On January - 01 new York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢
1985 On this day in history actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing)
1985 International Youth Year begins on January - 01.
1985 US's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) on January - 01.
1986 On January - 01 aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands)
1986 Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on January - 01.
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