Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

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   On this day in history jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 30   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)   

Aug 30   In the year 1956 white mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas   

Sep 01   In the year 1956 indian state of Tripura becomes a territory   

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   In the year 1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM   

Sep 06   On this day in history felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84   

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   In the year 1956 gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

Sep 08   Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks in the year 1956.   

Sep 09   On this day in history elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million.   

Sep 10   On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia   

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   On this day in history first prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC   

Sep 15   Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Sep 17   In the year 1956 mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42   

Sep 19   1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) in the year 1956.   

Sep 21   In the year 1956 anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez   

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 on this day in history.   

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   First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation in the year 1956.   

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55   

Oct 01   Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver   

Jan 04   Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

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   On this day in history death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)   

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

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

Jan 21   In the year 1956 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)