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  Bhutan issues its first postage stamps on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On January - 01 france returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic   

1957  On January - 01 international Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)   

1957  On January - 01 ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72   

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 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  On January - 01 castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic   

1959  On January - 01 chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community   

1959  Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista on January - 01.   

1959  Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta on this day in history.   

1960  Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢ on January - 01.   

1960  On January - 01 cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France   

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

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1960  On January - 01 uS census at 179,245,000   

1960  Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 on January - 01.   

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 this day in history beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  On January - 01 navy SEAL teams established   

1962  On January - 01 rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium   

1962  On this day in history western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa   

1962  On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

1963  On this day in history g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank   

1964  On this day in history federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved   

1964  Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history international Cooperation Year begins   

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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 January - 01.   

1431  On January - 01 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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.   

1387  On January - 01 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  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52