1st January 2016: Today In History

Today is 1st January,  the 1st day of 2016. There are 364 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight In History;
Birthdays:
  1879William Fox, Founder of 20th Century Fox film studios
  1879E.M Forester, English novelist, author of 'A Room With A View'
  1895J. Edgar Hoover, Former head of American F.B.I
  1923Milt Jackson, Jazz player
  1933Joe Orton, British playright
  1942Christopher Prout, Conservative politician
  1954Richard Gibson, English actor; Herr Flick in 'Allo Allo'
  1969Nicole Dickson, Australian actress in 'Home & Away'

Events:
  1660Englishman Samuel Pepys began his famous diary
  1781The first ever all iron bridge opened at Ironbridge, England
  1858Van Dieman's Land was renamed Tasmania
  1862Lagos Island annexed as a colony of Britain
  1909In Britain, the first ever old age pensions were paid
  1913Film censorship began in the Britain
  1914The Northern and Southern Protectorates are amalgamated and called the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria; Lord Lugard becomes Governor-General.
  1914The Northern and Southern Protectorate are amalgamated and called the colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Lord Lugard becomes Governor-General.
  1921Car tax discs were first introduced in Britain
  1947The (Sir Arthur) Richard's Constitution comes into effect.
  1948British Railways was nationalised
  1952The Macpherson Constitution comes into effect.
  1960Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa becomes Nigeria's first Prime Minister.
  1961The birth control pill was launched in the UK
  1963The state of emergency imposed on the Western Region is lifted.
  1973Britain became a member of the European Economic Community
  1977Britain (along with others) extended its fishing limit to 200 miles
  1980Alhaji Shugaba Abdulrahman Darman, Borno State House of Assembly Majority
Leader, is deported to Chad on the allegation that he is not a Nigerian.
  1981Greece became the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community
  1985General Buhari presents an Nil billion budget to the nation, 44 per cent of total estimated foreign exchange is to be spent on debt servicing.
  1986The President presents a N15.6billion budget to the nation. Embargo on food and agricultural imports is lifted; 80 per cent of the subsidy on petroleum products
except kerosene is also removed. On
  1988President Babangida presents a N24 billion budget for the year 1988.
  1990President Babangida presents a 39.7 billion naira budget to the nation for 1990. Also proposed along with the budget is a 142 billion naira three-year rolling plan.
  1991The Federal Government puts the burden of primary education on Local Governments and also promises to create 1.6 million jobs.
  1991The Federal Government puts the burden of primary education on Local Governments and also promises to create 1.6 million jobs.
  1992President Babangida announces a N27.5 billion budget for 1992.


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