Page 10: Historical Events In January - 01

1945  France is admitted to the United Nations   

1945  France joins the UN   

1945  German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels.   

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33   

1946  Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god   

1946  ENIAC, inaugural computer, finished by Mauchly/Eckert.   

1946  ENIAC, US inaugural computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert.   

1946  National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic   

1947  Benelux agress to work related issues   

1947  Britain nationalizes its coal industry   

1948  Bradman scores 132 in the inaugural innings of the 3rd Test vs India.   

1948  Britain nationalizes its railways.   

1948  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective   

1948  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) comes into force.   

1948  In this year, Italy formally adopts constitution   

1948  Orissa province accedes to India.   

1948  Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66.   

1949  Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand.   

1949  Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63.   

1950  Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China.   

1951  Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines   

1952  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet   

1953  Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies   

1953  Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29.   

1954  Rose and Cotton Bowl are inaugural sport colorcasts.   

1954  Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism   

1955  Bhutan issues its inaugural postage stamps   

1956  Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville.   

1956  Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain and Egypt.   

1957  France returns Saar to is recorded as becoming the 10th state of German Federal Republic.   

1957  International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)   

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

1958  BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes   

1958  European Community (later to become the European Union) is born.   

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0766  Ali al-rida: Shia imam   

1387  Charles: The angry one, king of navarra (1349-87)   

1431  Alexander vi [rodrigo borgia]: Spanish/italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'medici: [the magnificent] of florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' medici: Italian statesman   

1467  Sigismund i: The old, king of poland   

1481  Huldrych zwingli: Swiss protestant reformer   

1484  Huldrych zwingli: Swiss protestant leader   

0379  Death of Basilius the great: Of caesarea, saint (moralia),   

0404  Death of Telemachus: Roman monk, murdered   

0898  Death of Odo: Earl of paris/king of france (888-98),   

0962  Death of Boudouin iii: Count of flanders,   

1204  King haakon iii of norway: King haakon iii of norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Death of Karel de boze: King of navarra (1349-87),   

1502  Gregorius xiii: [ugo buoncampagni], italy, pope (1572-85),   

1515  Louis xii: "the justified" king of france (1498-1515),