Historical Events In 1956

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

Aug 29   French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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   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) in the year 1956.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1956.   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia   

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

Sep 13   Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes in the year 1956.   

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

Sep 14   First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC on this day in history.   

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

Sep 16   In the year 1956 marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open   

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

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

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   On this day in history earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

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

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   Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55   

Oct 01   Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1956 alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1956 john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

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

Jan 21   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died in the year 1956.