Historical Events In January - 01
Friday, 29 March 2024
1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on this day in history.
1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism on January - 01.
1955 On this day in history bhutan issues its first postage stamps
1956 On January - 01 elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1956 On this day in history sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt
1957 On January - 01 france returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic
1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year) on this day in history.
1957 Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on this day in history.
1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes on January - 01.
1958 On January - 01 european Community (later to become the European Union) is born
1958 European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation on this day in history.
1958 On January - 01 sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
1958 David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1959 On January - 01 castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic
1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community on this day in history.
1959 On January - 01 fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1959 On this day in history rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta
1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢ on this day in history.
1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France on January - 01.
1960 Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history montserrat adopts constitution
1960 US census at 179,245,000 on this day in history.
1960 Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 on this day in history.
1961 On January - 01 largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 on January - 01.
1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on January - 01.
1962 Navy SEAL teams established on this day in history.
1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium on January - 01.
1962 On this day in history western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
1962 On this day in history diego MartÃnez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76
1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank on this day in history.
1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved on January - 01.
1964 Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies on this day in history.
1965 International Cooperation Year begins on January - 01.
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