Page 5: Historical Events In 1956

Mar 17   8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball in the year 1956.   

Mar 17   In the year 1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball   

Mar 17   Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 in the year 1956.   

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 in the year 1956.   

Mar 19   On this day in history biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

Mar 20   On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

Mar 20   On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

Mar 20   USSR performs nuclear test in the year 1956.   

Mar 21   On this day in history 28th Academy Awards   

Mar 22   "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1956 george A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71   

Mar 23   Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Sudan becomes independent on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history george Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Mar 27   In the year 1956 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

Mar 27   French commandos land in Algeria in the year 1956.   

Mar 27   In the year 1956 uS seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"   

Mar 28   In the year 1956 arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

Mar 30   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

Apr 02   On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82   

Apr 02   Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester in the year 1956.   

Apr 02   Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV in the year 1956.   

Apr 03   In the year 1956 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances   

Apr 03   On this day in history bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated   

Apr 03   On this day in history german war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed   

Apr 03   T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1956 enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London   

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

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   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1956.   

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