Historical Events In 1956

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

Feb 08   In the year 1956 mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1956 -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily   

Feb 09   In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA   

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 in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 14   On this day in history indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

Feb 14   On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes death penalty   

Feb 16   Britain abolishes the death penalty in the year 1956.   

Feb 17   Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB in the year 1956.   

Feb 18   On this day in history gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95   

Feb 19   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Feb 21   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 22   Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

Feb 25   In the year 1956 khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference   

Feb 26   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1956.   

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   On this day in history birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 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   In the year 1956 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   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1956 henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

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   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)