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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history bOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes  

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

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

1958  On January - 01 sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White  

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

1959  On this day in history castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic  

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

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

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

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on this day in history.  

1960  US census at 179,245,000 on January - 01.  

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 January - 01.  

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

1962  Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on January - 01.  

1962  On this day in history navy SEAL teams established  

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  G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank on January - 01.  

1964  On this day in history federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

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

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

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

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  On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

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  On January - 01 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