Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on January - 01.   

1954  Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism on January - 01.   

1955  On this day in history bhutan issues its first postage stamps   

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

1956  On this day in history sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt   

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 this day in history.   

1957  Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 on January - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1958  European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation on January - 01.   

1958  Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White on January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

1959  Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community on this day in history.   

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 this day in history cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France   

1960  Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars on January - 01.   

1960  On January - 01 montserrat adopts constitution   

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

1960  On this day in history margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on January - 01.   

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

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  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

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

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.   

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

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  On this day in history 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  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On January - 01 death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

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 January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52