Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1956
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Apr 29 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open on this day in history. 
Apr 29 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1956.
Apr 30 In the year 1956 alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
May 02 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus on this day in history.
May 02 US Methodist church disallows race separation in the year 1956.
May 03 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') in the year 1956.
May 04 In the year 1956 queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
May 04 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak in the year 1956.
May 05 In the year 1956 charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
May 05 In the year 1956 the first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3 58.6 in Los Angeles, CA.
May 05 The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA in the year 1956.
May 05 World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo in the year 1956.
May 06 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
May 07 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
May 10 French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria in the year 1956.
May 11 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.
May 11 On this day in history walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
May 12 In the year 1956 east Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
May 12 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87 in the year 1956.
May 13 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54 in the year 1956.
May 14 In the year 1956 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya
May 15 In Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
May 16 On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
May 18 On this day in history hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy
May 18 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy on this day in history.
May 18 In the year 1956 maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
May 18 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam in the year 1956.
May 19 On this day in history 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
May 20 In the year 1956 andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
May 20 In the year 1956 atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
May 20 On this day in history jordan government of Samir resigns
May 21 On this day in history jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
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