Historical Events In 1956

Mar 17   In the year 1956 8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball   

Mar 17   In the year 1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball   

Mar 17   Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 in the year 1956.   

Mar 18   On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85   

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history biggest NBA margin of victory Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75   

Mar 19   In the year 1956 biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75   

Mar 20   156-day strike against Westinghouse ends on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 20   On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

Mar 20   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

Mar 21   28th Academy Awards in the year 1956.   

Mar 22   "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history george A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71   

Mar 23   On this day in history pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

Mar 23   On this day in history sudan becomes independent   

Mar 25   George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   In the year 1956 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

Mar 27   French commandos land in Algeria in the year 1956.   

Mar 27   US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker" in the year 1956.   

Mar 28   Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack in the year 1956.   

Mar 30   USSR performs nuclear test in the year 1956.   

Apr 02   On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82   

Apr 02   In the year 1956 peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

Apr 02   In the year 1956 soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV   

Apr 03   In the year 1956 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances   

Apr 03   Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated in the year 1956.   

Apr 03   On this day in history german war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed   

Apr 03   T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed in the year 1956.   

Apr 04   Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1956 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   In the year 1956 birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver   

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

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91   

Jan 05   On this day in history jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1956 henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

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

Jan 14   Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.