What happend on 1st January

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02.01
1959

Fulgencio Batista, President of the Republic of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.

1958

The European Community is established.

1956

The Republic of the Sudan achieves independence from the Egyptian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

1948

British railways are nationalised to form British Rail.

1948

Enrico De Nicola formally becomes President of the Italian Republic, but refuses to be a candidate for the first constitutional election the following May.

1945

Bahawalpur State issues its first stamps.

1942

The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.

1939

The Vienna New Year's Concert is first held.

1937

The first Cotton Bowl game is played in Dallas, Texas.

1937

Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua.