Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

Aug 28   England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series in the year 1956.   

Aug 29   In the year 1956 french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis   

Aug 30   Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Aug 30   USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory in the year 1956.   

Sep 02   Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1956 washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

Sep 05   On this day in history 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM   

Sep 06   In the year 1956 felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84   

Sep 07   Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ in the year 1956.   

Sep 07   Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Sep 08   In the year 1956 gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

Sep 08   On this day in history harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks   

Sep 09   Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Louisville Ky public schools integrate in the year 1956.   

Sep 13   Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC   

Sep 14   In the year 1956 first prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC   

Sep 15   Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42   

Sep 19   In the year 1956 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)   

Sep 21   In the year 1956 anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez   

Sep 21   Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway on this day in history.   

Sep 23   Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

Sep 25   In the year 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)   

Sep 25   On this day in history first transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation   

Sep 26   On this day in history linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born   

Sep 26   In the year 1956 lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78   

Sep 27   Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1956.   

Oct 01   In the year 1956 stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1956 birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1956 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)   

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

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 on this day in history.   

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