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   On this day in history -5°F (15°C) in Sicily   

Feb 09   -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily on this day in history.   

Feb 09   In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter in the year 1956.   

Feb 09   In the year 1956 r Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria   

Feb 10   "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1956 elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA   

Feb 11   Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, former members of the British Foreign Office who had disappeared from England in 1951, resurface in Moscow in the year 1956.   

Feb 13   KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 14   On this day in history indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

Feb 14   Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference in the year 1956.   

Feb 15   Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland in the year 1956.   

Feb 16   In the year 1956 britain abolishes death penalty   

Feb 16   Britain abolishes the death penalty in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 18   On this day in history gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95   

Feb 19   On this day in history kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open   

Feb 21   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 22   Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" in the year 1956.   

Feb 23   On this day in history 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow   

Feb 23   Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin in the year 1956.   

Feb 25   On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference   

Feb 26   In the year 1956 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open   

Feb 26   In the year 1956 herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72   

Feb 26   Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge on this day in history.   

Feb 27   In the year 1956 elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"   

Feb 27   On this day in history female suffrage in Egypt   

Feb 27   On this day in history frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54   

Feb 28   13 die in a train crash in Swampscott MA in the year 1956.   

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   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born in the year 1956.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1956 birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer   

Jan 05   Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 03   Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84   

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died in the year 1956.   

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 in the year 1956.   

Jan 12   In the year 1956 john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

Jan 14   On this day in history siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

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