Jan 09 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV

Jan 08 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic

Jan 11 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then first class world record

Jan 02 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees

Jan 07 US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government

Jan 03 Alaska admitted as 49th US state

Jan 26 Italy government of Fanfani resigns

Jan 01 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community

Jan 30 Australia 1-200 first day 4th Test vs England, Adelaide Oval

Jan 25 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council

Jan 28 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US

Jan 04 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes first craft to leave Earth's gravity

Jan 02 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees

Jan 13 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence

Jan 25 American Airlines beings the first scheduled transcontinental U.S. passenger air service, featuring the new Boeing 707 jetliner.

Jan 05 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"

Jan 08 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France

Jan 02 USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit

Jan 02 USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for first lunar fly-by, first solar orbit

Jan 03 Alaska becomes the 49th United State, bought from Russia

Jan 09 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die

Jan 07 US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government

Jan 01 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic

Jan 03 Alaska admitted as 49th US state

Jan 05 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"

Jan 13 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts

Jan 01 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta

Jan 01 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta

Jan 16 The birth of Sade, American singer

Jan 05 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV

Jan 01 Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.

Jan 04 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes first craft to leave Earth's gravity

Jan 25 The first transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (Los Angeles to New York for $301)

Feb 07 Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution

Feb 06 Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow

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