Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on January - 01.  

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

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

1956  On this day in history 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 January - 01 international Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)  

1957  On January - 01 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72  

1958  On January - 01 bOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes  

1958  On this day in history european Community (later to become the European Union) is born  

1958  On this day in history european Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation  

1958  On this day in history sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White  

1958  David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1959  On January - 01 castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic  

1959  On this day in history chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community  

1959  Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista on this day in history.  

1959  Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta on January - 01.  

1960  On this day in history bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢  

1960  Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France on this day in history.  

1960  On January - 01 johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars  

1960  On this day in history montserrat adopts constitution  

1960  On January - 01 uS census at 179,245,000  

1960  Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 on this day in history.  

1961  On January - 01 largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)  

1961  Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 on this day in history.  

1962  Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on this day in history.  

1962  Navy SEAL teams established on this day in history.  

1962  On January - 01 rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium  

1962  Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa on January - 01.  

1962  On January - 01 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76  

1963  On January - 01 g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank  

1964  Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved on January - 01.  

1964  On this day in history alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies  

1965  On January - 01 international Cooperation Year begins  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.  

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

1449  On January - 01 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  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

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

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

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

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

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

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

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

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

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