Page 11: Historical Events In January - 01

1954  On this day in history rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts   

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

1955  On January - 01 bhutan issues its first postage stamps   

1956  On January - 01 elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville   

1956  On January - 01 sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain & Egypt   

1957  On this day in history 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  BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes on January - 01.   

1958  On this day in history european Community (later to become the European Union) is born   

1958  On January - 01 european Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation   

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  On this day in history chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community   

1959  Fidel Castro leads Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista on January - 01.   

1959  On this day in history rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs India at Calcutta   

1960  Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20¢ on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

1960  On this day in history 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 January - 01.   

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  Navy SEAL teams established on January - 01.   

1962  On January - 01 rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium   

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

1962  Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 on January - 01.   

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  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 January - 01.   

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

1449  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

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

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

0898  On January - 01 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 this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.   

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

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