Historical Events In 1956

Mar 17   8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball on this day in history.  

Mar 17   8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball in the year 1956.  

Mar 17   Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 in the year 1956.  

Mar 18   Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory on this day in history.  

Mar 19   On this day in history biggest NBA margin of victory Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75  

Mar 19   In the year 1956 biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75  

Mar 20   On this day in history 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends  

Mar 20   On this day in history mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes  

Mar 20   On this day in history tunisia gains independence from France  

Mar 20   Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp in the year 1956.  

Mar 20   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test  

Mar 21   On this day in history 28th Academy Awards  

Mar 22   In the year 1956 "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances  

Mar 22   George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Sudan becomes independent on this day in history.  

Mar 25   In the year 1956 george Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms on this day in history.  

Mar 26   In the year 1956 red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One  

Mar 26   Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.  

Mar 27   In the year 1956 frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84  

Mar 27   French commandos land in Algeria on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history uS seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"  

Mar 28   Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack on this day in history.  

Mar 30   USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.  

Apr 02   In the year 1956 albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82  

Apr 02   Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV in the year 1956.  

Apr 03   "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances in the year 1956.  

Apr 03   Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated in the year 1956.  

Apr 03   In the year 1956 german war criminals Hinrichsen/R�hl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed  

Apr 03   T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London 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   In the year 1956 birth of willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver  

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 in the year 1956.  

Jan 04   Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division) was born in the year 1956.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of nels Cline, American guitarist and composer  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1956.  

Jan 05   Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)  

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

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   Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) died in the year 1956.