Page 13: Historical Events In 1956

Oct 02   In the year 1956 first atomic power clock exhibited-NYC   

Oct 02   In the year 1956 george Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74   

Oct 04   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia in the year 1956.   

Oct 05   On this day in history joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies   

Oct 05   Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53) in the year 1956.   

Oct 06   Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad in the year 1956.   

Oct 06   In the year 1956 walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42   

Oct 08   On this day in history dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69   

Oct 08   Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match v Aus, Karachi in the year 1956.   

Oct 11   1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1956 marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister   

Oct 13   WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins on this day in history.   

Oct 14   Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC in the year 1956.   

Oct 15   Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court in the year 1956.   

Oct 16   On this day in history "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres   

Oct 17   England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens in the year 1956.   

Oct 17   England's first large scale nuclear power station opens on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1956 58°F (15°C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)   

Oct 20   In the year 1956 hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17 foot craft   

Oct 21   Betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Oct 22   In the year 1956 france intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella   

Oct 23   In the year 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast   

Oct 23   First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast in the year 1956.   

Oct 23   In the year 1956 revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary   

Oct 24   AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year in the year 1956.   

Oct 24   Soviet troops invade Hungary in the year 1956.   

Oct 25   Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1956 uN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

Oct 26   On this day in history vietnam promulgates its constitution   

Oct 26   In the year 1956 walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60   

Oct 28   In the year 1956 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist   

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

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1956 alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 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   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   In the year 1956 siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

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