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   In the year 1956 mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1956.   

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 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 in the year 1956.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95   

Feb 19   In the year 1956 kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1956.   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1956 female suffrage in Egypt   

Feb 27   Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 in the year 1956.   

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   In the year 1956 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1956 birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   On this day in history alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

Jan 04   Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1956.   

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   John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Jan 14   Siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1956 death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)