Page 13: Historical Events In 1956

Oct 04   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia.   

Oct 05   Joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies.   

Oct 05   Yogi Berra is recorded as becoming 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam.   

Oct 05   Yogi Berra is recorded as becoming the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53).   

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

Oct 06   Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42.   

Oct 08   Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69   

Oct 08   Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn.   

Oct 10   Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match v Aus, Karachi.   

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

Oct 12   Marga Klompe is recorded as becoming 1st Dutch women elected minister   

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

Oct 14   Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC   

Oct 15   Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8).   

Oct 15   William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

Oct 16   "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres.   

Oct 17   England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens.   

Oct 17   England's inaugural large scale nuclear power station opens.   

Oct 20   58°F (15°C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high).   

Oct 20   Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17 foot craft   

Oct 21   In this year, Betty Dodd claims LPGA Lawton Golf Open   

Oct 22   France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella.   

Oct 23   1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast   

Oct 23   inaugural video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast   

Oct 23   Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary   

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

Oct 24   Soviet troops invade Hungary   

Oct 25   Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67.   

Oct 26   UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved   

Oct 26   Vietnam promulgates its constitution.   

Oct 26   Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60.   

Oct 28   In this year, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus.   

Oct 29   Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up.   

Oct 29   International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco   

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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)