Famous Deaths In 1956

Jun 23 Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1956.  

Jun 25 Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 in the year 1956.  

Jun 26 Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25 on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Johan[nes F] Bakker Jr, actor, dies at 62 in the year 1956.  

Jul 07 Gottfried Benn, writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jul 08 On this day in history gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies  

Jul 10 On this day in history death of joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)  

Jul 12 In the year 1956 maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80  

Jul 13 In the year 1956 vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54  

Jul 14 On this day in history jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58  

Jul 18 Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57 in the year 1956.  

Jul 20 Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 26 Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Jul 27 In the year 1956 j M M Commaille, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa 1910-28), dies  

Jul 28 In the year 1956 ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83  

Jul 29 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Aug 02 In the year 1956 albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109  

Aug 11 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) in the year 1956.  

Aug 13 Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 14 Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Aug 15 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83 in the year 1956.  

Aug 16 Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 on this day in history.  

Aug 23 On this day in history ... Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day  

Aug 24 In the year 1956 death of kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)  

Aug 25 On this day in history alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies  

Aug 26 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (b. 1881) died in the year 1956.  

Aug 30 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.  

Sep 06 Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Sep 08 In the year 1956 gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84  

Sep 11 Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. 1894) died in the year 1956.  

Sep 12 Hans Carossa, German writer (b. 1878) died in the year 1956.  

Sep 15 On this day in history henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82  

Sep 17 On this day in history mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42  

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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 Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born in the year 1956.  

Jan 04 On this day in history 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