Historical Events In 1956

Apr 04 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London

Apr 27 Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing

Apr 25 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1

Apr 17 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament

Apr 12 The birth of Andy Garcia, American actor

Apr 26 Edward Arnold actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66

Nov 08 UN demands USSR leave Hungary

Nov 12 Morocco, Sudan, and Tunista join the United Nations.

Nov 01 Delhi becomes a territory of the Indian union

Nov 02 Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion

Nov 02 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham

Nov 01 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh formed

Nov 12 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, first sighted

Nov 06 President Eisenhower (D) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (R)

Nov 05 Britain & France land forces in Egypt

Nov 01 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact

Nov 13 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses

Nov 04 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest

Nov 04 Israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt

Nov 03 "Wizard of Oz" first televised (CBS-TV)

Nov 06 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary

Dec 04 Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy

Dec 24 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication

Dec 03 Wilt Chamberlain's first collegiate basketball game (scores 52)

Dec 18 Japan admitted to UN

Dec 06 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa

Dec 07 Helen O'Connell joins the Today Show panel

May 10 French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria

May 02 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus

May 04 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam

May 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia

May 27 French raid in Algiers

May 28 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus

May 27 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)

May 12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves

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