Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

Feb 08   In the year 1956 connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93   

Feb 08   On this day in history mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die   

Feb 09   -5°F (15°C) in Sicily in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   On this day in history -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily   

Feb 09   On this day in history in Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter   

Feb 09   R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria in the year 1956.   

Feb 10   In the year 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV   

Feb 10   In the year 1956 elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA   

Feb 11   Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 13   KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland   

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes death penalty   

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes the death penalty   

Feb 17   On this day in history ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB   

Feb 18   Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1956 kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open   

Feb 21   On this day in history edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 22   On this day in history 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United   

Feb 22   Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" in the year 1956.   

Feb 23   In the year 1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow   

Feb 23   In the year 1956 russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

Feb 25   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference in the year 1956.   

Feb 26   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Feb 26   In the year 1956 herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72   

Feb 26   On this day in history writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge   

Feb 27   On this day in history elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 27   Female suffrage in Egypt in the year 1956.   

Feb 27   Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA   

Feb 28   A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory in the year 1956.   

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

Jan 03   Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) was born in the year 1956.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

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

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died in the year 1956.   

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1956.   

Jan 21   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.