Historical Events In January - 01

1954  On January - 01 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  France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1958  Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White on January - 01.   

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 January - 01 fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.   

1959  Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta on January - 01.   

1960  On this day in history bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢   

1960  Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on January - 01.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on January - 01.   

1960  US census at 179,245,000 on this day in history.   

1960  On January - 01 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  On January - 01 russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11   

1962  On this day in history beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  On January - 01 navy SEAL teams established   

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  On January - 01 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

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  Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies on January - 01.   

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on this day in history.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on this day in history.   

1431  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

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 this day in history.