Historical Events Happened In 1956

Feb 08   On this day in history connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93  Share it »

Feb 08   On this day in history mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die  Share it »

Feb 09   -5°F (15°C) in Sicily on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 09   -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 09   In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 09   On this day in history r Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria  Share it »

Feb 10   On this day in history "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV  Share it »

Feb 10   On this day in history elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA  Share it »

Feb 11   On this day in history donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow  Share it »

Feb 13   On this day in history kYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland  Share it »

Feb 14   On this day in history 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow  Share it »

Feb 14   On this day in history indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union  Share it »

Feb 14   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 15   Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 16   Britain abolishes death penalty on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes the death penalty  Share it »

Feb 17   Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 18   Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 19   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 21   On this day in history edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78  Share it »

Feb 22   1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 22   On this day in history elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"  Share it »

Feb 23   20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 23   On this day in history russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin  Share it »

Feb 25   On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference  Share it »

Feb 26   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open  Share it »

Feb 26   On this day in history herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72  Share it »

Feb 26   On this day in history writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge  Share it »

Feb 27   Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 27   On this day in history female suffrage in Egypt  Share it »

Feb 27   On this day in history frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54  Share it »

Feb 28   13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA on this day in history.  Share it »

Feb 28   On this day in history a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students  Share it »

Feb 28   On this day in history forrester issued a patent for computer core memory  Share it »

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91  Share it »

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 08   On this day in history death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)  Share it »

Jan 10   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84  Share it »

Jan 12   On this day in history john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70  Share it »

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

Jan 21   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)  Share it »