Page 11: 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  On January - 01 bhutan issues its first postage stamps   

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

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

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  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 January - 01.   

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  On this day in history sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White   

1958  On January - 01 david Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55   

1959  Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On January - 01 montserrat adopts constitution   

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

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

1961  Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 01 russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11   

1962  On this day in history beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful   

1962  On this day in history navy SEAL teams established   

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

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

1962  On this day in history diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76   

1963  G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history international Cooperation Year begins   

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

1387  On January - 01 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  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 January - 01.   

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

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

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