Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

Aug 28   In the year 1956 england retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series   

Aug 29   In the year 1956 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   In the year 1956 white mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas   

Sep 01   On this day in history indian state of Tripura becomes a territory   

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

Sep 02   Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service on this day in history.   

Sep 05   20 die in a train crash in Springer NM in the year 1956.   

Sep 06   Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks   

Sep 09   In the year 1956 elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million.   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history louisville Ky public schools integrate   

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

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

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

Sep 15   Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1956.   

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

Sep 17   In the year 1956 mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1956.   

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

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

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   Linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born in the year 1956.   

Sep 26   Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78 in the year 1956.   

Sep 27   Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36   

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Jan 02   In the year 1956 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   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   In the year 1956 birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1956 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)