Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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 MartÃnez 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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