Historical Events In 1956

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

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

Mar 17   On this day in history fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61  

Mar 18   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 in the year 1956.  

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

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 in the year 1956.  

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 in the year 1956.  

Mar 20   In the year 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends  

Mar 20   On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes  

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

Mar 20   On this day in history union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp  

Mar 20   In the year 1956 uSSR performs nuclear test  

Mar 21   28th Academy Awards on this day in history.  

Mar 22   In the year 1956 "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances  

Mar 22   George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71 in the year 1956.  

Mar 23   In the year 1956 pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)  

Mar 23   Sudan becomes independent on this day in history.  

Mar 25   On this day in history george Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms in the year 1956.  

Mar 26   On this day in history red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One  

Mar 26   On this day in history thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 27   On this day in history frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84  

Mar 27   On this day in history french commandos land in Algeria  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1956 uSSR performs nuclear test  

Apr 02   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester in the year 1956.  

Apr 02   On this day in history soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV  

Apr 03   On this day in history "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances  

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

Apr 03   German war criminals Hinrichsen/R�hl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history t Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed  

Apr 04   In the year 1956 enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)  

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born in the year 1956.  

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer  

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born in the year 1956.  

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

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1956 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)