Historical Events In January - 01

1944  On January - 01 c T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies  

1945  On this day in history france is admitted to the United Nations.  

1945  France joins the UN on January - 01.  

1945  German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels on this day in history.  

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1946  Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god on January - 01.  

1946  ENIAC, first computer, finished by Mauchly/Eckert on this day in history.  

1946  ENIAC, US first computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert on January - 01.  

1946  National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic on this day in history.  

1947  On this day in history benelux agress to work related issues  

1947  Britain nationalizes its coal industry on this day in history.  

1948  Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the 3rd Test vs India on this day in history.  

1948  Britain nationalizes its railways on this day in history.  

1948  On January - 01 general Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective  

1948  On this day in history general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) goes into effect  

1948  On this day in history italy adopts constitution  

1948  On January - 01 orissa province accedes to India  

1948  On this day in history hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66  

1949  Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand on this day in history.  

1949  Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1950  On this day in history ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China  

1951  Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines on this day in history.  

1952  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet on this day in history.  

1953  On January - 01 country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies  

1953  Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts  

1954  Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism on January - 01.  

1955  On January - 01 bhutan issues its first postage stamps  

1956  On January - 01 elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville  

1956  Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history france returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic  

1957  On this day in history international Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)  

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on January - 01.  

1958  BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes on January - 01.  

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.  

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.  

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.  

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.  

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.