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 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  Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1959  On this day in history fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.   

1959  Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta on this day in history.   

1960  On January - 01 bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢   

1960  On January - 01 cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France   

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

1960  On January - 01 montserrat adopts constitution   

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

1960  Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 01 largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  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  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

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

1481  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

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