Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 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  France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1958  European Community (later to become the European Union) is born on January - 01.   

1958  European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation on this day in history.   

1958  On January - 01 sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White   

1958  David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic   

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  On January - 01 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 January - 01.   

1960  On this day in history uS census at 179,245,000   

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

1961  On January - 01 largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)   

1961  On this day in history russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11   

1962  Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on this day in history.   

1962  On January - 01 navy SEAL teams established   

1962  On January - 01 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 this day in history g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank   

1964  On January - 01 federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved   

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

1965  On this day in history international Cooperation Year begins   

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0766  On this day in history 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  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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.   

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

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

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

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

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

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

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

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.