Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  On this day in history 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  On this day in history elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville   

1956  On January - 01 sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt   

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

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

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

1958  On this day in history sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White   

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

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 this day in history 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  On January - 01 bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢   

1960  Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France on January - 01.   

1960  Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on this day in history.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on January - 01.   

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

1960  On January - 01 margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48   

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium   

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  On January - 01 federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved   

1964  On January - 01 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  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  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  On January - 01 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  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

0898  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 01.