Historical Events In January - 01

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  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 January - 01.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1958  On January - 01 european Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation   

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

1958  On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

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

1959  On January - 01 chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community   

1959  Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista on January - 01.   

1959  On January - 01 rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta   

1960  Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢ on January - 01.   

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

1960  On this day in history johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars   

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 January - 01.   

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

1961  On this day in history russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11   

1962  On January - 01 beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

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  Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on January - 01.   

1963  On this day in history g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank   

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

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

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on January - 01.   

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0766  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

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  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

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

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52