Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

1915  On January - 01 jews of Laibach Austria expelled   

1918  Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland on this day in history.   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on this day in history.   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on January - 01.   

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

1922  Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road on this day in history.   

1923  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established on January - 01.   

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics established   

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

1925  On this day in history norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo   

1926  On this day in history flood in Rhine strikes Cologne   

1927  On this day in history 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  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 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  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  On this day in history international Telecommunication Union established   

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 this day in history.   

1935  On January - 01 president Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey"   

1936  On this day in history the first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune   

1937  On January - 01 anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua   

1937  On January - 01 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 January - 01 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 January - 01 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 January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

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

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

1502  On January - 01 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