Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  On January - 01 rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts   

1954  On January - 01 yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism   

1955  Bhutan issues its first postage stamps on January - 01.   

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  On January - 01 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 this day in history 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 this day in history european Community (later to become the European Union) is born   

1958  On this day in history european Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation   

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  Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic on this day in history.   

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

1959  Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history navy SEAL teams established   

1962  Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium on January - 01.   

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 January - 01 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 January - 01.   

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on January - 01.   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.   

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  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 this day in history 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  On January - 01 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  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