| Date | Event |
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March
09
1956 |
Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge Died |
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1956 |
Eduardo Alonso-Crespo Was Born |
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1956 |
Sven Arefeldt Died |
|
1956 |
Edgar Bainton Died |
|
1956 |
Sally Beamish Was Born |
|
1956 |
Chiara Benati Was Born |
|
1956 |
Miguel Bernal Jiménez Died |
|
1956 |
Felix Borowski Died |
|
1956 |
May Brahe Died |
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April
02
1956 |
Benet Casablancas Was Born |
|
1956 |
Gustave Charpentier Died |
|
1956 |
Richard Danielpour Was Born |
|
1956 |
Steve Dobrogosz Was Born |
|
1956 |
Daniel Dorff Was Born |
|
1956 |
Deborah Drattell Was Born |
|
September
23
1956 |
Arthur Duff Died |
|
1956 |
Dror Elimelech Was Born |
|
1956 |
Henry Fillmore Died |
|
1956 |
Gerald Finzi Died |
|
1956 |
Kenneth Fuchs Was Born |
|
1956 |
Michael Gandolfi Was Born |
|
1956 |
Reinhold Glière Died |
|
1956 |
Edwin Franko Goldman Died |
|
1956 |
Michael Gordon Was Born |
|
1956 |
Philip Grange Was Born |
|
1956 |
Mark Gresham Was Born |
|
January
03
1956 |
Alexander Gretchaninov Died |
|
1956 |
Graeme Koehne Was Born |
|
1956 |
Larysa Kuzmenko Was Born |
|
1956 |
Steven Mackey Was Born |
|
1956 |
Paul de Maleingreau Died |
|
1956 |
Leon Milo Was Born |
|
1956 |
Roberto Musci Was Born |
|
1956 |
Serge Noskov Was Born |
|
1956 |
Carlo Pedini Was Born |
|
1956 |
Lorenzo Perosi Died |
|
1956 |
Oto Pestner Was Born |
|
1956 |
Carlos Sandoval Was Born |
|
1956 |
Iris ter Schiphorst Was Born |
|
1956 |
Thomas Sleeper Was Born |
|
1956 |
Frankie Trumbauer Died |
|
January
01
1956 |
Sudan Achieves Independence |
|
January
01
1956 |
New Year Event At Yahiko Shrine |
|
1956 |
Andy Vores Was Born |
|
1956 |
Martijn Padding Was Born |
|
1956 |
Steen Pade Was Born |
|
1956 |
Dwight Yoakam Was Born |
|
January
03
1956 |
Fire Damages Top Of Eiffel Tower |
|
January
08
1956 |
U.S. Missionaries Killed In Ecuador |
|
January
16
1956 |
Gamal Egypt Vows To Reconquer Paletine |
|
January
28
1956 |
Evlis Presley Appears On US Television |
|
January
30
1956 |
MLK JR. Attected, Retaliation For Boycottt |
|
February
14
1956 |
Stalin's Crimes Condemned At Communist Congress Party |
|
February
20
1956 |
Merchant Marine Academy Becomes Permanent Service Academy |
|
February
25
1956 |
Nikita Khrushchev Denounces Cult Of Personality |
|
March
01
1956 |
Draft Of Radiotelephony Alphabet Finalized |
|
March
01
1956 |
East German Nationale Volksarmee Forms |
|
March
02
1956 |
Morocco Gains Its Independence From France |
|
March
09
1956 |
Soviets Suppress Demonstrations In Georgian SSR |
|
March
15
1956 |
My Fair Lady's Broadway Debut |
|
March
20
1956 |
Tunisia Gains Independence From France |
|
March
23
1956 |
Pakistan Becomes First Islamic Republic |
|
April
02
1956 |
CBS Debuts First 30 Minute Soap Dramas |
|
April
03
1956 |
Tornado Strikes Michigan's Lower Peninsula |
|
April
05
1956 |
Fidel Castro Declares War With Cuban President |
|
April
05
1956 |
Permuna And Bandaranaike Win Elections In Sri Lanka |
|
April
07
1956 |
Morocco Not Protected By Spain Anymore |
|
April
14
1956 |
In Chicago, Videotape Is First Demonstrated |
|
April
19
1956 |
Kelly Marries Prince Rainier |
|
April
26
1956 |
SS Ideal X Is The World's First Successful Container Ship |
|
April
30
1956 |
Senator Barkley Dies During Speech In VA |
|
May
01
1956 |
Salk's Polio Vaccine Available To All |
|
May
01
1956 |
Japanese Doctor Discovers Minamata Disease |
|
May
18
1956 |
Lhotse First Ascent, Swiss Team |
|
May
20
1956 |
United States Drops First Hydrogen Bomb |
|
May
24
1956 |
Conclusion Of Sixth Buddhist Council |
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May
24
1956 |
Switzerland Holds First Eurovision Song Contest |
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June
05
1956 |
Elvis Presley Introduces New Single On Tv |
|
June
11
1956 |
Gal Oya Riots Begin, Deaths 150 |
|
June
20
1956 |
Venezuelan Super-Constellation Crashes In Atlantic Ocean |
|
June
23
1956 |
French Pass Law Empowering Territorial Governments |
|
June
28
1956 |
HCP Factory Workers Protest Communist Governent |
|
June
29
1956 |
Federal-Aid Highway Act Signed |
|
June
30
1956 |
Airplane Collision Above Grand Canyon Kills 128 |
|
July
07
1956 |
Moravec And Others Ascend Gasherbrum II |
|
July
16
1956 |
Barnum Bailey Circus Switches To Arenas |
|
July
25
1956 |
Italian Ocean Liner Collides With MS Stockholm |
|
July
26
1956 |
Nasser Nationalizes The Suez Canal |
|
July
30
1956 |
""In God We Trust"" Becomes U.S. National Motto |
|
July
31
1956 |
Jim Laker Takes 10 Wickets |
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August
06
1956 |
DuMont Television Network Airs It's Final Broadcast |
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August
30
1956 |
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Opens |
|
September
09
1956 |
Elvis: First Appearance On Ed Sullivan |
|
September
13
1956 |
East Flevoland Dike Closed |
|
September
13
1956 |
IBM Introduces First Computer With Disk Storage |
|
September
25
1956 |
The First Submarine Transatlantic Communication System, TAT-1, Inaugurated |
|
September
27
1956 |
Captain Apt Exceeds Mach 3 And Is Killed |
|
October
08
1956 |
World Series: Larsen Pitches Perfect Game |
|
October
14
1956 |
Indian Caste Leader, Ambedkar, Converts To Buddhism With Followers |
|
October
15
1956 |
Fronton Computer Language Shared With Coders |
|
October
17
1956 |
First Nuclear Power Station Opened |
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October
17
1956 |
Game Of Century Was Won By Fischer |
|
October
19
1956 |
USSR, Japan End War With Declaration |
|
October
21
1956 |
Leader Dedan Kimathi Is Captured |
|
October
23
1956 |
Hungarians Protest Soviet Occupation |
|
October
29
1956 |
Israel Pushes Egypt Back Across Sinai |
|
October
29
1956 |
Morocco Reintegrates Tangier With Tangier Protocol |
|
October
31
1956 |
Egypt Faces Bombing For Reopening Of Suez Canal |
|
November
01
1956 |
Three Indian States Were Created By States Reorganisation Act |
|
November
01
1956 |
India: State Redistricting |
|
November
01
1956 |
39 Died, 88 Rescued In Springhill Mine Disaster |
|
November
03
1956 |
Israel Perpetrates Killings Resulting In 275 Deaths |
|
November
04
1956 |
Soviet Troops Enter Hungary |
|
November
07
1956 |
Suez: UN General Assembly Orders Troop Withdrawal |
|
November
12
1956 |
UN Joined By Morocco, Sudan, And Tunisia |
|
November
12
1956 |
Palestinian Refugees Killed By Israeli Soldiers Invading Gaza Strip |
|
November
13
1956 |
Supreme Court Ends Bus Segregation In AL |
|
December
02
1956 |
Cuba: Castro And Guevara Arrive, Initiate Revolution |
|
December
04
1956 |
Million Dollar Quartet At Sun Studio |
|
December
06
1956 |
Water Polo Between Hungary And USSR |
|
December
09
1956 |
Trans-Canada Flight Crashes And Kills All Aboard |
|
December
12
1956 |
IRA Begins 'Border Campaign.' |
|
December
18
1956 |
Japan Joins The United Nations |
|
December
19
1956 |
Irish-born Physician Arrested Under Suspicion Hundreds Deaths |
|
December
22
1956 |
First Gorilla Born In Captivity |
|
December
28
1956 |
Three Meet To Resolve Malayan Emergency Situation |