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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 indian state of Tripura becomes a territory   

Sep 02   On this day in history collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)   

Sep 02   Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service on this day in history.   

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

Sep 08   In the year 1956 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 in the year 1956.   

Sep 10   Louisville Ky public schools integrate in the year 1956.   

Sep 13   Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes on this day in history.   

Sep 14   1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC in the year 1956.   

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   Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

Sep 19   In the year 1956 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   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) in the year 1956.   

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   On this day in history linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born   

Sep 26   Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78 in the year 1956.   

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

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

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 in the year 1956.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1956 birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91   

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Jan 14   Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52 in the year 1956.   

Jan 21   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.