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01/01/1925
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Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
Type: Event
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01/01/1925
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Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1926
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Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist
Type: Birth
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01/01/1926
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Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
Type: Event
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01/01/1927
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Communist uprising in West Java
Type: Event
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01/01/1927
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Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
Type: Event
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01/01/1927
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Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1927
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Maurice B‚jart, France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1927
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Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1927
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Juliusz Luciuk, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1928
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Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
Type: Event
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01/01/1928
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1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
Type: Event
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01/01/1928
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Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1928
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Khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1929
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Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
Type: Birth
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01/01/1929
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Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
Type: Event
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01/01/1930
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Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1930
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Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
Type: Event
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01/01/1930
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Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
Type: Event
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01/01/1930
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Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]
Type: Birth
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01/01/1930
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Werner Heiden, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1931
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Carel Brons, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1931
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Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist
Type: Birth
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01/01/1932
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Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
Type: Event
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01/01/1932
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Arnfried G D P, Dutch manufacturer (breadcrumbs)/drugs dealer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1932
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Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
Type: Event
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01/01/1933
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Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1933
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James A Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut
Type: Birth
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01/01/1933
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Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1934
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Jakob Wassermann, writer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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01/01/1934
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Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
Type: Event
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01/01/1934
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
Type: Event
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01/01/1934
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International Telecommunication Union established
Type: Event
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01/01/1935
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Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov, Russia, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/01/1935
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Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
Type: Birth
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01/01/1935
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Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
Type: Event
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01/01/1935
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Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
Type: Event
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01/01/1935
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Pres Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
Type: Event
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01/01/1935
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1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
Type: Event
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01/01/1936
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1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
Type: Event
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01/01/1936
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Eve Queler, NYC, conductor
Type: Birth
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01/01/1936
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Willye B White, US jumper (Olympics-silver-1956)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1937
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Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
Type: Event
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01/01/1937
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US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
Type: Event
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01/01/1937
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Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
Type: Event
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01/01/1938
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Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981- )
Type: Birth
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01/01/1938
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Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
Type: Birth
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01/01/1940
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Frank Langella, Bayonne NJ, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1940
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Jack Kiefer, Columbia PA, PGA golfer (1994 Ralphs Senior Classic)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1940
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Laszlo Sary, composer
Type: Birth
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