Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on January - 01.   

1954  On January - 01 yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism   

1955  Bhutan issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.   

1956  On January - 01 elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville   

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

1957  On January - 01 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  BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes on January - 01.   

1958  On January - 01 european Community (later to become the European Union) is born   

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

1958  Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White on January - 01.   

1958  David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on January - 01.   

1959  Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  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 January - 01.   

1962  On January - 01 beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  On this day in history navy SEAL teams established   

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

1963  On January - 01 g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank   

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

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  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

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

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

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

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

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

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 January - 01.   

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  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

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