Page 5: Historical Events In 1956

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

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 in the year 1956.   

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

Mar 20   Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1956 tunisia gains independence from France   

Mar 20   Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp on this day in history.   

Mar 20   USSR performs nuclear test in the year 1956.   

Mar 21   On this day in history 28th Academy Awards   

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

Mar 22   On this day in history george A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71   

Mar 23   On this day in history pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

Mar 23   On this day in history sudan becomes independent   

Mar 25   George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   Medic Alert Foundation forms in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One in the year 1956.   

Mar 26   Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84   

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   On this day in history arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack   

Mar 30   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

Apr 02   Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   On this day in history peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

Apr 02   Soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1956.   

Apr 03   German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed in the year 1956.   

Apr 03   In the year 1956 t Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed   

Apr 04   Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London on this day in history.   

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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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)   

Jan 04   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born in the year 1956.   

Jan 05   In the year 1956 birth of chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef   

Jan 03   In the year 1956 alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91   

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   In the year 1956 henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

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.