Historical Events In 1956

Oct 02   First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC in the year 1956.  

Oct 02   George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 in the year 1956.  

Oct 04   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies  

Oct 05   Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam on this day in history.  

Oct 05   In the year 1956 yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53)  

Oct 06   Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad in the year 1956.  

Oct 06   Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn in the year 1956.  

Oct 10   In the year 1956 fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match v Aus, Karachi  

Oct 11   On this day in history 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day  

Oct 12   Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister in the year 1956.  

Oct 13   WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins in the year 1956.  

Oct 14   Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC in the year 1956.  

Oct 15   Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) on this day in history.  

Oct 15   William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court in the year 1956.  

Oct 16   "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on this day in history.  

Oct 17   In the year 1956 england's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens  

Oct 17   England's first large scale nuclear power station opens in the year 1956.  

Oct 20   On this day in history 58°F (15°C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)  

Oct 20   Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17 foot craft in the year 1956.  

Oct 21   In the year 1956 betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open  

Oct 22   In the year 1956 france intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella  

Oct 23   1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast on this day in history.  

Oct 23   In the year 1956 first video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast  

Oct 23   Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary on this day in history.  

Oct 24   AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Soviet troops invade Hungary in the year 1956.  

Oct 25   Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved  

Oct 26   In the year 1956 vietnam promulgates its constitution  

Oct 26   Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 28   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist  

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

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born in the year 1956.  

Jan 04   Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger) was born in the year 1956.  

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 in the year 1956.  

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born in the year 1956.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1956 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   In the year 1956 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   In the year 1956 henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84  

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 in the year 1956.  

Jan 14   In the year 1956 siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52  

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