Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  On January - 01 rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts   

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

1955  On this day in history bhutan issues its first postage stamps   

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville   

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

1957  On January - 01 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 this day in history ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

1958  BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 01 bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢   

1960  On this day in history cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France   

1960  Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on this day in history.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on January - 01.   

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

1960  On this day in history margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48   

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

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

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

1962  On January - 01 navy SEAL teams established   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1964  On January - 01 alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies   

1965  On this day in history international Cooperation Year begins   

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0766  On January - 01 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 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 January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

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

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

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

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

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

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