Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

Feb 08   Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die   

Feb 09   -5°F (15°C) in Sicily on this day in history.   

Feb 09   -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter on this day in history.   

Feb 09   R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV   

Feb 10   Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA in the year 1956.   

Feb 11   Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history kYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland   

Feb 14   20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1956 indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

Feb 14   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1956 urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland   

Feb 16   In the year 1956 britain abolishes death penalty   

Feb 16   Britain abolishes the death penalty on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1956 ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB   

Feb 18   In the year 1956 gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95   

Feb 19   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 22   1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United in the year 1956.   

Feb 22   On this day in history elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 23   In the year 1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow   

Feb 23   On this day in history russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

Feb 25   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference in the year 1956.   

Feb 26   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Feb 26   Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge in the year 1956.   

Feb 27   On this day in history elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 27   Female suffrage in Egypt on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA   

Feb 28   A Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history forrester issued a patent for computer core memory   

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Jan 02   In the year 1956 birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist   

Jan 03   In the year 1956 birth of mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)   

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger) was born in the year 1956.   

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 in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1956 siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)