Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

Aug 28   In the year 1956 england retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series   

Aug 29   French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis in the year 1956.   

Aug 30   Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Aug 30   USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)   

Sep 02   On this day in history washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

Sep 05   20 die in a train crash in Springer NM on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million in the year 1956.   

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

Sep 10   In the year 1956 louisville Ky public schools integrate   

Sep 13   Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes in the year 1956.   

Sep 14   On this day in history 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC   

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

Sep 15   In the year 1956 henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

Sep 16   On this day in history marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open   

Sep 17   Mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Sep 19   1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez   

Sep 21   In the year 1956 yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway   

Sep 23   Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

Sep 25   In the year 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)   

Sep 25   First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation on this day in history.   

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   Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1956.   

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 in the year 1956.   

Jan 03   In the year 1956 birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1956 john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

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 in the year 1956.