Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1956 in Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter   

Feb 09   On this day in history r Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria   

Feb 10   "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA in the year 1956.   

Feb 11   In the year 1956 donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow   

Feb 13   KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland on this day in history.   

Feb 14   20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   In the year 1956 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

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

Feb 15   Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Britain abolishes death penalty in the year 1956.   

Feb 16   Britain abolishes the death penalty on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB on this day in history.   

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   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1956 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United   

Feb 22   On this day in history elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 23   20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin on this day in history.   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history female suffrage in Egypt   

Feb 27   On this day in history frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54   

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   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)   

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

Jan 12   On this day in history john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

Jan 14   In the year 1956 siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

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