Historical Events In 1956
Sunday, 28 February 2021
Oct 02 In the year 1956 first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
Oct 02 George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 on this day in history.
Oct 04 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.
Oct 05 Joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies in the year 1956.
Oct 05 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam in the year 1956.
Oct 05 Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53) in the year 1956.
Oct 06 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad in the year 1956.
Oct 06 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 in the year 1956.
Oct 08 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69 in the year 1956.
Oct 08 In the year 1956 don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
Oct 10 On this day in history fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match v Aus, Karachi
Oct 11 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day in the year 1956.
Oct 12 In the year 1956 marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister
Oct 13 In the year 1956 wAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
Oct 14 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC in the year 1956.
Oct 15 In the year 1956 pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
Oct 15 William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court on this day in history.
Oct 16 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres on this day in history.
Oct 17 On this day in history england's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
Oct 17 On this day in history england's first large scale nuclear power station opens
Oct 20 58°F (15°C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) in the year 1956.
Oct 20 On this day in history hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17 foot craft
Oct 21 On this day in history betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
Oct 22 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella on this day in history.
Oct 23 In the year 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
Oct 23 On this day in history first video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
Oct 23 Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary on this day in history.
Oct 24 AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year in the year 1956.
Oct 24 Soviet troops invade Hungary on this day in history.
Oct 25 In the year 1956 risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67
Oct 26 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved in the year 1956.
Oct 26 Vietnam promulgates its constitution on this day in history.
Oct 26 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Oct 28 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus on this day in history.
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