Jan 15 Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea

Jan 02 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS

Jan 28 Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives

Jan 11 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die

Jan 15 50th Australian Mens Tennis Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64)

Jan 01 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful

Jan 01 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa

Jan 07 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails

Jan 10 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Perú

Jan 01 Navy SEAL teams established

Jan 05 Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"

Jan 04 The first automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City NY)

Jan 23 British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR

Jan 01 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful

Jan 30 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 24 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany

Jan 16 Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"

Jan 17 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m

Jan 16 Shooting begins on "Dr No"

Jan 09 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 01 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium

Jan 05 Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"

Jan 30 Two members of the Flying Wallendas family of high-wire performers are killed when their human pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan.

Jan 25 The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0

Jan 10 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500

Jan 26 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure &bans it from all Catholic schools

Jan 02 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS

Jan 30 UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)

Jan 01 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium

Jan 31 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA

Jan 18 US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas

Jan 08 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th

Jan 26 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard

Jan 04 The first automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City NY)

Jan 24 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »