Page 13: Historical Events In January - 01

1976  NBC replaces the peacock logo on January - 01.   

1976  Venezuela nationalizes oil fields on January - 01.   

1977  Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 on January - 01.   

1977  Czech intellectualus & chinas begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 on January - 01.   

1977  On January - 01 first woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)   

1978  On this day in history air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213   

1978  President Ford signs first major revision of copyright law since 1909 on January - 01.   

1979  International Year of the Child begins on this day in history.   

1979  US & China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations on January - 01.   

1980  On this day in history chrysler UK renamed Talbot   

1980  International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins on this day in history.   

1980  Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran on January - 01.   

1980  On January - 01 premier Adbou Diouf becomes President of Senegal   

1980  Sweden changes order of succession to throne on this day in history.   

1980  Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 on January - 01.   

1981  On January - 01 greece becomes the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community   

1981  On this day in history greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community   

1981  International Year for the Disabled begins on January - 01.   

1981  On this day in history palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing   

1981  On January - 01 roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors   

1982  30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry on January - 01.   

1982  Javier Pérez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN on January - 01.   

1982  MTA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City NY subway system on January - 01.   

1982  Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland on January - 01.   

1983  On January - 01 world Communications Year begins   

1984  AT&T is divested of its monopoly, as its 22 Bell System companies are broken into individual firms on January - 01.   

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  New York City NY transit fare rises from 75¢ to 90¢ on this day in history.   

1985  Actress Judith Light (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (Knots Landing) on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 01 international Youth Year begins   

1985  On this day in history uS's first manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)   

1986  Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaçao (part of Kingdom of the Netherlands) on January - 01.   

1986  Barbra Streisand & Jon Peters relationship breaks up on January - 01.   

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0766  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0898  On this day in history 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  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.