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This Date in History - January 1st
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* 153 BC
This Date in History - January 1st
New Year's Day
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January 1st - This Date in History
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* 1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
* 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
* 1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
* 1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II.
* 1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest.
* 1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
* 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
* 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
* 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
* 1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
* 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
* 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
* 1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
* 1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-B
* 1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
* 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
* 1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
* 1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II.
* 1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks in one of the most famous incidents of the IRA's Operation Harvest.
* 1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
* 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
* 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
* 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
* 1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
* 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
* 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
* 1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
* 1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-B
