Historical Events In January - 01

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

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 January - 01.   

1957  France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic on this day in history.   

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 January - 01 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  David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 01 castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic   

1959  Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community on January - 01.   

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

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  On this day in history montserrat adopts constitution   

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 January - 01 beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  Navy SEAL teams established on January - 01.   

1962  Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium on this day in history.   

1962  On January - 01 western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa   

1962  On January - 01 diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

1963  G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank on January - 01.   

1964  Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.   

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

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

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