Historical Events on January 1 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 400 of 484

• 1942 US & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
• 1943 Chicago Black Hawks field first trio of brothers to play together in an NHL game; Max, Doug and Reggie Bentley appear for the Hawks in a 6-5 win over the New York Rangers at Chicago Stadium
• 1943 German officer Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to lt-colonel

• 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie "African Journey", shown on TV, NYC
• 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
• 1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of US 7th Army
• 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels

• 1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
• 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
• 1947 Benelux agrees to work related issues
• 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
• 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
• 1948 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena, California)
• 1948 After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.

• 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective
• 1948 Orissa province accedes to India
• 1948 The Constitution of Italy comes into force
• 1948 Transport Act of 1947 comes into force in the United Kingdom, nationalizing the British rail system under the name British Railways
• 1949 Arguably cricket's greatest ever batsman, ex-Australian captain Don Bradman is knighted; first time a cricketer is bestowed with the honour solely for his contribution to the game
• 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
• 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands formally becomes part of New Zealand
• 1950 Dutch government raises all wages 5%, minimally fl. 5 per week

• 1950 The state of Ajaigarh is ceded to the Government of India.

• 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines

• 1952 Norman McLaren's anti-war film "Neighbours" is released (Academy Award Best Documentary Short Subject) [1]

• 1953 The Bantu Education Act (later renamed the Black Education Act) commenced, providing the legal underpinning of several aspects of the apartheid system, most importantly in education
• 1953 The first TV detector van, used to track down users of unlicensed television sets, begins operation in the UK
• 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
• 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1954 NBC broadcasts 1st live color US coast-to-coast telecast, the Tournament of Roses Parade, from Pasadena, California
• 1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
• 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast

• 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
• 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
• 1956 A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people
• 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, Nebraska (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK
• 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1957 An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest

• 1957 Fergal O'Hanlon, Irish Republican Army volunteer, killed during the Brookeborough Raid, at 20
• 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic

• 1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)
• 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
• 1958 European Economic Community, better known as the European Common Market starts operation
• 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community

• 1959 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
• 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 v India at Calcutta
• 1960 A photograph of a South African boy in a torn vest is published in the Daily Herald; it was illegal to employ a 'native' under 18 in the mines under the Native Labour Regulation Act
• 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 100 times the value of existing francs
• 1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France

• 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution

• 1961 Briggs Stadium, home of baseball's Detroit Tigers is officially renamed Tigers Stadium
• 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
• 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11

• 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
• 1962 United States Navy SEALs established.
• 1962 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
• 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
• 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting

• 1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
• 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1965 49-year-old former England international soccer forward Stanley Matthews becomes only player to be awarded a knighthood while still playing (Stoke City)

• 1965 International Cooperation Year begins
• 1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
• 1965 The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul.
• 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC subway
• 1966 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"

• 1966 Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
• 1967 AFL Championship, War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 31-7; QB Len Dawson passes for 2 TDs, RB Mike Garrett runs for 2 TDs
• 1967 Canadian Amateur Football Association formally becomes successor to Canadian Rugby Football Union; turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
• 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
• 1967 Second day's play in Calcutta 2nd cricket Test, India v W Indies is cancelled by riots; ticket holders denied access starts trouble outside ground; escalates with fires in stands and pitch damage; WI win by 45
• 1967 St Helena adopts constitution
• 1967 Tonga revises constitution
• 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
• 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
• 1968 Pennsylvania Railroad and NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central
• 1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
• 1969 People's Democracy (PD) begin a march from Belfast to Derry, inspired by ML King's Selma to Montgomery march in the US
• 1970 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
• 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
• 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
• 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
• 1970 The Netherland Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
• 1970 The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an infantry regiment of the British Army, comes into existence
• 1970 The University College of Zululand, formerly affiliated to the University of South Africa, attains full academic autonomy as the University of Zululand.
• 1970 US Federal oil depletion allowance reduced from 27.5 to 22.0 percent
• 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
• 1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
• 1972 International Book Year begins
• 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1972 Policewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
• 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th, 8th and 9th members of the European Common Market
• 1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
• 1974 Ernie DiGregorio of Buffalo hands out 25 assists in the Braves' 120-119 win over Portland, establishing an NBA single-game record for assists by a rookie

• 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
• 1974 With effect from this date the New Zealand government terminates all tariff preferences previously granted to South Africa
• 1974 World Population Year begins

• 1975 International Women's Year begins
• 1975 Sweden adopts constitution
• 1975 U.S. Federal oil depletion allowance eliminated for large producers

• 1976 NBC replaces "peacock" logo with large block "N"; Design of new logo approached $1M, and was subject to copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800K
• 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
• 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
• 1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
• 1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
• 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
• 1978 Los Angeles Police chief Edward Davis retires from police force
• 1978 News editor Donald Woods finally arrives in London after escaping the apartheid regime in South Africa
• 1979 International Year of the Child begins
• 1979 John Y. Brown attends his first game as owner of the Boston Celtics NBA franchise after trading the Buffalo Braves to previous Celtics owner, Irving H. Levin
• 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
• 1979 US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
• 1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot

• 1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
• 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Tehran
• 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
• 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
• 1980 Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
• 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
• 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
• 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing

• 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
• 1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
• 1982 MTA launches a 5 year capital program to upgrade the NYC subway system

• 1983 'New age music' radio program "Hearts of Space" makes its national syndication debut on U.S. National Public Radio
• 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
• 1983 TCP/IP protocols become the only approved protocol on the ARPANET, replacing the earlier NCP protocol
• 1983 World Communications Year begins
• 1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
• 1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK
• 1984 NYC transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
• 1984 World's largest residence for a head of state the Istana Nurul Iman is completed as the home of Brunei royal family at over 200,000 square meters
• 1985 International Youth Year begins
• 1985 The first British mobile phone call is made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone
• 1985 The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
• 1985 US's 1st mandatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
• 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut

• 1986 Aruba gains independence from neighboring island Curacao
• 1986 International Peace Year begins
• 1986 NYC transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00
• 1986 South African Government closes its borders with Lesotho, cutting off important food and fuel supplies, after Lesotho refuses to sign a non-aggression pact
• 1986 Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community
• 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
• 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
• 1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
• 1988 Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
• 1988 Year of the Reader begins
• 1989 NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
• 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins

• 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
• 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
• 1990 NYC MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
• 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
• 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR

• 1992 Bush is 1st US President to address Australian Parliament
• 1992 Curacao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
• 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
• 1992 International Space Year begins
• 1992 NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
• 1992 The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation, becoming the successor state to the Soviet Union.
• 1993 "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige from novel by Lilian Lee starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li premieres in Hong Kong (Cannes Palme d'Or 1993)
• 1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
• 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in NYC's MTA

• Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• Next