Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

Aug 30   Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70   

Aug 30   USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests).   

Aug 30   White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas.   

Sep 01   Indian state of Tripura is recorded as becoming a territory.   

Sep 02   Collapse of a RR bridge under a train results in the deaths of 120 (India).   

Sep 02   Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service.   

Sep 05   20 die in a train crash in Springer NM.   

Sep 06   Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84   

Sep 07   Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126000'+   

Sep 07   Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84   

Sep 08   Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

Sep 08   Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks   

Sep 09   Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million   

Sep 10   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia   

Sep 10   Louisville Ky public schools integrate.   

Sep 13   Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes   

Sep 14   1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC.   

Sep 14   inaugural prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC.   

Sep 15   Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

Sep 16   In this year, Marlene Bauer claims LPGA Clock Golf Open   

Sep 17   Mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (Olympic-gold-1932), dies at 42.   

Sep 19   1st intl conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne)   

Sep 21   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.   

Sep 23   Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75   

Sep 24   1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

Sep 25   1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)   

Sep 25   inaugural transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation.   

Sep 26   Linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born.   

Sep 26   Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78   

Sep 27   Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55   

Oct 01   Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36.   

Oct 02   George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74.   

Oct 02   inaugural atomic power clock exhibited-NYC.   

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Jan 02   Lynda barry: American cartoonist   

Jan 03   Mel gibson: Peekskill ny, actor (mad max, mrs soffel, lethal weapon)   

Jan 03   Willy t. ribbs: American race car driver   

Jan 04   Ann magnuson: Charleston wv, actress (anything but love, hunger)   

Jan 04   Barney sumner: Rock guitarist/vocalist (new order-blue monday)   

Jan 04   Bernard albrecht: English pop guitarist (joy division)   

Jan 04   Nels cline: American guitarist and composer   

Jan 05   Chen kenichi: Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   Alexander tikhonovich gretshaninov: Russian/us composer,    

Jan 04   Alexandr tikhonovich grechaninov: Composer,   

Jan 05   Jeanne f bourgeois: French head mistress (moulin rouge),    

Jan 08   Jim elliot: American christian missionary (b. 1928)   

Jan 10   Henricus p bremmer: Dutch art historian (beeldende kunst),   

Jan 12   John raedecker: Dutch sculptor (ww ii monument amsterdam),    

Jan 14   Siegfried f nadel: Aust/brit anthropologist (nuba),   

Jan 21   Sam langford: Canadian boxer (b. 1883)