Page 11: 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 this day in history.   

1955  Bhutan issues its first postage stamps on this day in history.   

1956  Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville on January - 01.   

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  International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year) on January - 01.   

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

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 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 this day in history fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.   

1959  On January - 01 rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta   

1960  On January - 01 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 this day in history.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1960  US census at 179,245,000 on January - 01.   

1960  Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history navy SEAL teams established   

1962  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1965  On January - 01 international Cooperation Year begins   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.   

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

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

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

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

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

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 01.