This day in History - January 1

692 Historic Events for January 1
1925 Event Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
1925 Birth Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
1926 Birth Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist
1926 Event Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
1927 Event Communist uprising in West Java
1927 Event Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
1927 Birth Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
1927 Birth Maurice B‚jart, France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
1927 Birth Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)
1927 Birth Juliusz Luciuk, composer
1928 Event Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1928 Event 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
1928 Birth Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
1928 Birth Khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
1929 Birth Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
1929 Event Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1930 Birth Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
1930 Event Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
1930 Event Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
1930 Birth Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]
1930 Birth Werner Heiden, composer
1931 Birth Carel Brons, composer
1931 Birth Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist
1932 Event Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
1932 Birth Arnfried G D P, Dutch manufacturer (breadcrumbs)/drugs dealer