Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on this day in history.   

1954  Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism on this day in history.   

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  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 January - 01.   

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on January - 01.   

1958  On January - 01 bOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes   

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

1958  European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation on January - 01.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1961  Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 on January - 01.   

1962  Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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 January - 01 federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

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  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  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 January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.