Page 11: 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  On January - 01 bhutan issues its first postage stamps   

1956  Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville on January - 01.   

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

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

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

1957  On this day in history 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  European Community (later to become the European Union) is born on this day in history.   

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

1958  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

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

1960  On January - 01 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  Montserrat adopts constitution on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

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

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  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  On January - 01 international Cooperation Year begins   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

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  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0404  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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.