Page 2: Historical Events In 1956

Jan 23   On this day in history montreal Canadiens hockey player Jean Beliveau appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine   

Jan 24   On this day in history 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)   

Jan 25   96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) in the year 1956.   

Jan 26   7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy in the year 1956.   

Jan 26   Buddy Holly's first formal recording session in the year 1956.   

Jan 26   On this day in history porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR   

Jan 27   On this day in history erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies   

Jan 27   NFL's NY Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) in the year 1956.   

Jan 29   F Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.   

Jan 29   H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75 in the year 1956.   

Jan 30   On this day in history elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"   

Jan 30   In the year 1956 gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88   

Jan 30   In the year 1956 martin Luther King Jr's home bombed   

Jan 31   In the year 1956 french government of Mollet forms   

Jan 31   French govt of Mollet forms in the year 1956.   

Jan 31   Juscelino Kubitschek becomes President of Brazil on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking   

Feb 02   Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86 in the year 1956.   

Feb 02   In the year 1956 coasters sign with Atlantic Records   

Feb 03   Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1956 toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events   

Feb 04   AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56 in the year 1956.   

Feb 05   7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1956 7th Winter Olympics games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy   

Feb 05   Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Feb 05   In the year 1956 new York Mayor Robert Wagner &Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30 million   

Feb 05   Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 in the year 1956.   

Feb 06   Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1956 french premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers   

Feb 06   University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) on this day in history.   

Feb 07   On this day in history autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled   

Feb 07   On this day in history autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled   

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Jan 02   In the year 1956 birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist   

Jan 03   In the year 1956 birth of mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)   

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died in the year 1956.   

Jan 10   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Jan 14   On this day in history siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

Jan 21   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died in the year 1956.