Historical Events In 1956
Feb 09 R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
Feb 22 Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"
Feb 15 Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland
Feb 06 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)
Feb 09 -5F (15C) in Sicily
Feb 02 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
Feb 29 Islamic Republic established in Pakistan
Feb 27 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
Feb 27 Female suffrage in Egypt
Feb 10 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
Feb 09 In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter
Feb 14 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
Feb 10 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
Feb 07 Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
Feb 29 Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic
Feb 05 Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open
Feb 29 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term
Feb 14 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
Feb 25 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
Feb 03 Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events
Feb 01 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
Feb 23 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
Feb 08 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
Apr 07 Arthur Hailey had a script accepted and presented just 20 days after it was submitted to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The drama, " Flight into Danger" had an unprecedented audience response. A number of years later, Arthur Hailey also wrote the best-selling novel, " Airport " which was then adapted for the popular movie by the same title.
Apr 19 US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III
Apr 02 Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV
Apr 14 Ampex Corp demonstrates first commercial videotape recorder
Apr 07 Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
Apr 17 USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
Apr 23 Project Vanguard, earth satellite launching program, assigned to DCNO (Air)
Apr 18 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
Apr 03 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed
Apr 11 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
Apr 03 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances
Apr 03 Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated
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