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 January - 01.   

1914  On January - 01 the first scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)   

1915  On January - 01 dW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview   

1915  Jews of Laibach Austria expelled on this day in history.   

1918  On January - 01 last day of the Julian calendar in Finland   

1919  Belorussian SSR established on January - 01.   

1919  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established on this day in history.   

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

1925  On January - 01 norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo   

1926  On January - 01 flood in Rhine strikes Cologne   

1927  Communist uprising in West Java on this day in history.   

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

1930  On this day in history stormtroopers kill 8 Jews, the first victims of the Nazi era.   

1932  Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon OH on this day in history.   

1932  On January - 01 rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws   

1934  Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison on this day in history.   

1934  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC US bank guarantor) goes into effect on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective   

1934  On this day in history 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  Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM on this day in history.   

1935  President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Atatürk Father of Turkey" on January - 01.   

1936  The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua   

1937  Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain on January - 01.   

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

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  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52