Historical Events In 1956
Saturday, 02 July 2022
Aug 28 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series on this day in history.
Aug 29 French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.
Aug 30 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.
Aug 30 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) in the year 1956.
Aug 30 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas in the year 1956.
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) on this day in history.
Sep 02 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service in the year 1956.
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 Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ on this day in history.
Sep 07 In the year 1956 charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84
Sep 08 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 in the year 1956.
Sep 08 On this day in history harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks
Sep 09 Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million on this day in history.
Sep 10 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.
Sep 10 Louisville Ky public schools integrate on this day in history.
Sep 13 Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes on this day in history.
Sep 14 On this day in history 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
Sep 14 First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC on this day in history.
Sep 15 In the year 1956 henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82
Sep 16 In the year 1956 marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
Sep 17 Mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42 in the year 1956.
Sep 19 On this day in history 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne)
Sep 21 Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez on this day in history.
Sep 21 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway in the year 1956.
Sep 23 In the year 1956 earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75
Sep 24 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) in the year 1956.
Sep 25 In the year 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
Sep 25 First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation in the year 1956.
Sep 26 In the year 1956 linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born
Sep 26 In the year 1956 lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
Sep 27 In the year 1956 gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55
Oct 01 Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 in the year 1956.
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