Historical Events In January - 01

1944  C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies on this day in history.  

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

1945  France joins the UN on this day in history.  

1945  German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels on January - 01.  

1945  Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33 on January - 01.  

1946  On this day in history emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god  

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  On January - 01 national Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic  

1947  Benelux agress to work related issues on this day in history.  

1947  On this day in history britain nationalizes its coal industry  

1948  On this day in history bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the 3rd Test vs India  

1948  On this day in history britain nationalizes its railways  

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

1948  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) goes into effect on January - 01.  

1948  On January - 01 italy adopts constitution  

1948  On January - 01 orissa province accedes to India  

1948  On January - 01 hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66  

1949  On January - 01 tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand  

1949  On January - 01 malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63  

1950  Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China on this day in history.  

1951  On January - 01 massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines  

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

1953  Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies on this day in history.  

1953  On January - 01 hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29  

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

1954  On January - 01 yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism  

1955  Bhutan issues its first postage stamps on January - 01.  

1956  Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville on this day in history.  

1956  On January - 01 sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt  

1957  France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic on January - 01.  

1957  International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year) on January - 01.  

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  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

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 this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.  

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

0898  On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52