Historical Events In 1956
Sunday, 28 February 2021
Aug 28 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series in the year 1956.
Aug 29 French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis in the year 1956.
Aug 30 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
Aug 30 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) in the year 1956.
Aug 30 In the year 1956 white mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
Sep 01 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory on this day in history.
Sep 02 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) in the year 1956.
Sep 02 On this day in history washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
Sep 05 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM on this day in history.
Sep 06 Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1956.
Sep 07 In the year 1956 bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
Sep 07 On this day in history charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84
Sep 08 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.
Sep 08 In the year 1956 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks
Sep 09 In the year 1956 elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million.
Sep 10 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.
Sep 10 Louisville Ky public schools integrate in the year 1956.
Sep 13 On this day in history dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes
Sep 14 In the year 1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
Sep 14 First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC in the year 1956.
Sep 15 In the year 1956 henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82
Sep 16 On this day in history marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
Sep 17 In the year 1956 mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42
Sep 19 On this day in history 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)
Sep 21 On this day in history anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
Sep 21 In the year 1956 yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway
Sep 23 Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on this day in history.
Sep 24 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) on this day in history.
Sep 25 In the year 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
Sep 25 In the year 1956 first transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation
Sep 26 Linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born in the year 1956.
Sep 26 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78 in the year 1956.
Sep 27 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1956.
Oct 01 In the year 1956 stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36
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