Page 15: Historical Events In 1956

Dec 03   England and France pull troops out of Egypt.   

Dec 03   Wilt Chamberlain's inaugural collegiate basketball game (scores 52)   

Dec 04   22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB).   

Dec 04   In this year, Paul Hornung claims the Heisman Trophy   

Dec 05   Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC.   

Dec 06   "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances   

Dec 06   Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa   

Dec 07   Helen O'Connell joins the Today Show panel   

Dec 07   Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel.   

Dec 08   16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia.   

Dec 08   Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 09   Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59   

Dec 11   Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin and Wroclaw Poland   

Dec 12   Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign.   

Dec 12   Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83.   

Dec 13   Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35000 Robinson retires   

Dec 14   Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO   

Dec 15   Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes   

Dec 16   "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances.   

Dec 17   Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

Dec 18   "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV.   

Dec 18   Japan admitted to UN   

Dec 20   Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra.   

Dec 21   Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79   

Dec 22   "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 perfs   

Dec 24   "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication.   

Dec 25   Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

Dec 26   Holmes Herbert, actor (The Kiss), dies at 74.   

Dec 27   45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0).   

Dec 28   Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV   

Dec 28   Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76.   

Dec 29   Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73   

Dec 30   NY Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game   

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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)