Page 9: Historical Events In January - 01

1914  Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria on this day in history.   

1914  The first part of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway is opened for service between North Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay, 12 miles on January - 01.   

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

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 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 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 January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) established   

1923  On January - 01 union of Socialist Soviet Republics established   

1924  On January - 01 grossdeutsche Völksgemeinschaft/Völkische Block replaces NSDAP   

1925  Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history flood in Rhine strikes Cologne   

1927  On January - 01 communist uprising in West Java   

1928  On this day in history the first US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio   

1930  Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever   

1930  Stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era on January - 01.   

1932  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect   

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

1934  On January - 01 international Telecommunication Union established   

1934  On January - 01 jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60   

1935  On this day in history associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto   

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 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  Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

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

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

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

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

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

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