Page 5: 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   In the year 1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball   

Mar 17   On this day in history fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61   

Mar 18   On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85   

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

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

Mar 19   Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 in the year 1956.   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1956 mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 tunisia gains independence from France   

Mar 20   On this day in history union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 uSSR performs nuclear test   

Mar 21   In the year 1956 28th Academy Awards   

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

Mar 22   In the year 1956 george A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71   

Mar 23   In the year 1956 pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

Mar 23   In the year 1956 sudan becomes independent   

Mar 25   On this day in history george Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 26   In the year 1956 medic Alert Foundation forms   

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   Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   French commandos land in Algeria in the year 1956.   

Mar 27   In the year 1956 uS seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"   

Mar 28   Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack in the year 1956.   

Mar 30   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

Apr 02   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 in the year 1956.   

Apr 02   Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester in the year 1956.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   On this day in history t Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed   

Apr 04   In the year 1956 enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London   

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Jan 02   Lynda Barry, American cartoonist was born in the year 1956.   

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 in the year 1956.   

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

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84   

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 in the year 1956.   

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.