Page 12: Historical Events In 1956

Aug 28   England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1956 french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis   

Aug 30   On this day in history jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1956 collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)   

Sep 02   In the year 1956 washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

Sep 05   20 die in a train crash in Springer NM in the year 1956.   

Sep 06   Felix Borowski, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1956 bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+   

Sep 07   Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.   

Sep 10   In the year 1956 louisville Ky public schools integrate   

Sep 13   On this day in history dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes   

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

Sep 14   In the year 1956 first prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC   

Sep 15   Henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1956.   

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

Sep 21   Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez in the year 1956.   

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 in the year 1956.   

Sep 24   In the year 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)   

Sep 25   1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   On this day in history first transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation   

Sep 26   Linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

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

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

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

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.