Historical Events In 1956

Aug 28   On this day in history england retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series   

Aug 29   On this day in history french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis   

Aug 30   In the year 1956 jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 30   USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) in the year 1956.   

Aug 30   White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas in the year 1956.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia   

Sep 10   Louisville Ky public schools integrate on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1956 dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes   

Sep 14   1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC in the year 1956.   

Sep 14   First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC in the year 1956.   

Sep 15   On this day in history henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

Sep 16   On this day in history marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open   

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

Sep 19   1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) on this day in history.   

Sep 21   Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez in the year 1956.   

Sep 21   In the year 1956 yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway   

Sep 23   Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 in the year 1956.   

Sep 24   In the year 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

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

Sep 25   In the year 1956 first transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation   

Sep 26   In the year 1956 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   Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 in the year 1956.   

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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 in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1956 alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91   

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

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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)