Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

Feb 08   Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1956 mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die   

Feb 09   -5°F (15°C) in Sicily in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   In the year 1956 in Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter   

Feb 09   R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria in the year 1956.   

Feb 10   In the year 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV   

Feb 10   Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA in the year 1956.   

Feb 11   Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow in the year 1956.   

Feb 13   KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland on this day in history.   

Feb 14   20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   In the year 1956 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

Feb 14   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1956 urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland   

Feb 16   In the year 1956 britain abolishes death penalty   

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes the death penalty   

Feb 17   Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1956 gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95   

Feb 19   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1956 elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 23   On this day in history 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow   

Feb 23   In the year 1956 russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

Feb 25   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open   

Feb 26   Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 in the year 1956.   

Feb 26   Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" in the year 1956.   

Feb 27   Female suffrage in Egypt on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA on this day in history.   

Feb 28   A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1956 forrester issued a patent for computer core memory   

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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   In the year 1956 birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver   

Jan 04   Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger) was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born in the year 1956.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer   

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)   

Jan 10   In the year 1956 henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

Jan 12   On this day in history john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

Jan 14   Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52 in the year 1956.   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)