Historical Events In 1956

Oct 02   First atomic power clock exhibited-NYC on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1956.  

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

Oct 06   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad  

Oct 06   Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1956.  

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 in the year 1956.  

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

Oct 13   In the year 1956 wAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins  

Oct 14   In the year 1956 charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC  

Oct 15   In the year 1956 pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)  

Oct 15   On this day in history william J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court  

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

Oct 17   England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens on this day in history.  

Oct 17   On this day in history england's first large scale nuclear power station opens  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 22   On this day in history france intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella  

Oct 23   1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast on this day in history.  

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

Oct 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1956 soviet troops invade Hungary  

Oct 25   Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67 in the year 1956.  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1956 vietnam promulgates its constitution  

Oct 26   Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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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   Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1956 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   In the year 1956 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)  

Jan 10   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84  

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   In the year 1956 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)