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 this day in history.   

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 January - 01 france returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Republic   

1957  On this day in history international Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year)   

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

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

1958  Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1960  Montserrat adopts constitution on January - 01.   

1960  On January - 01 uS census at 179,245,000   

1960  On January - 01 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  Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 on this day in history.   

1962  Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful on January - 01.   

1962  Navy SEAL teams established on January - 01.   

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

1962  Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.   

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

1963  On January - 01 g Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank   

1964  Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved on January - 01.   

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

1965  International Cooperation Year begins on this day in history.   

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0766  On January - 01 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  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 01.   

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

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on January - 01.   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  On January - 01 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  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 this day in history.