Page 5: Historical Events In 1956

Mar 17   On this day in history 8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history biggest NBA margin of victory   

Mar 19   In the year 1956 biggest NBA margin of victory Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75   

Mar 19   In the year 1956 biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75   

Mar 20   On this day in history 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends   

Mar 20   Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Tunisia gains independence from France in the year 1956.   

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   28th Academy Awards in the year 1956.   

Mar 22   In the year 1956 "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances   

Mar 22   On this day in history george A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71   

Mar 23   In the year 1956 pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

Mar 23   Sudan becomes independent on this day in history.   

Mar 25   George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   On this day in history red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One   

Mar 26   In the year 1956 thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 27   Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history french commandos land in Algeria   

Mar 27   On this day in history uS seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"   

Mar 28   On this day in history arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

Mar 30   USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1956 peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

Apr 02   In the year 1956 soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV   

Apr 03   "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history t Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed   

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

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Jan 02   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1956 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)