Page 7: Historical Events In January - 25
Wednesday, 01 July 2026
1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting. 

1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 

1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race. 

1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 

1955 US and Panama sign canal treaty. 

1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) 

1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR. 

1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR 

1959 American Airlines beings the inaugural scheduled transcontinental U.S. passenger air service, featuring the new Boeing 707 jetliner 

1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council 

1959 The inaugural transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (Los Angeles to New York for $301) 

1959 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301) 

1960 Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38. 

1961 Military coup in El Salvador. 

1961 President John F. Kennedy makes history by holding the inaugural presidential news conference simulcast live on radio and TV. 

1961 The inaugural live, nationally televised Presidential news conference (JFK) 

1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released. 

1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK). 

1962 The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 

1963 Wilson Kettle who lived in Newfoundland dies at age 102, he has 582 living descendants. 

1963 Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents. 

1964 Beatles inaugural US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox). 

1964 Echo 2, US communications satellite launched. 

1965 Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63. 

1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City NY 

1968 Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31 

1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 

1970 Robert Altman's "M*AS*H," premieres. 

1970 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70 

1971 Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 

1971 Himachal Pradesh is recorded as becoming 18th Indian state 

1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada. 

1971 Philadelphia mint's inaugural trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar. 

1972 World's inaugural kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London 

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