Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

Feb 08   Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93 in the year 1956.   

Feb 08   Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 09   R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 10   Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1956 khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history britain abolishes death penalty   

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

Feb 17   Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB in the year 1956.   

Feb 18   In the year 1956 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 in the year 1956.   

Feb 22   1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1956 russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

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

Feb 26   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72   

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

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   In the year 1956 frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54   

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 in the year 1956.   

Feb 28   Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory in the year 1956.   

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Jan 02   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history birth of bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)   

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   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1956 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)   

Jan 10   Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1956.