Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism   

1955  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

1957  France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic on this day in history.   

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.   

1958  European Community (later to become the European Union) is born on January - 01.   

1958  European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation on this day in history.   

1958  Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White on this day in history.   

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

1959  Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic on January - 01.   

1959  Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community on January - 01.   

1959  On January - 01 fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.   

1959  On this day in history rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta   

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

1960  Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France on January - 01.   

1960  Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on January - 01.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history uS census at 179,245,000   

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

1961  Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 01 russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11   

1962  On this day in history beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  Navy SEAL teams established on this day in history.   

1962  Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium on this day in history.   

1962  Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  On January - 01 federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved   

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

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on this day in history.   

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

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

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

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