Page 3: Historical Events In 1956

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

Feb 08   Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die in the year 1956.   

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

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 in the year 1956.   

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

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

Feb 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1956 britain abolishes the death penalty   

Feb 17   On this day in history ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB   

Feb 18   Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 in the year 1956.   

Feb 19   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open in the year 1956.   

Feb 21   In the year 1956 edwin Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 22   On this day in history 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   20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.   

Feb 27   In the year 1956 female suffrage in Egypt   

Feb 27   In the year 1956 frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1956 a Chatham Ontario restaurant is fined $50 for refusing to serve two black students   

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   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   In the year 1956 birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

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.