Page 5: Historical Events In 1956

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

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

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1956.   

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

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   On this day in history medic Alert Foundation forms   

Mar 26   Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history french commandos land in Algeria   

Mar 27   US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker" in the year 1956.   

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

Mar 30   USSR performs nuclear test in the year 1956.   

Apr 02   On this day in history albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82   

Apr 02   In the year 1956 peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1956 birth of lynda Barry, American cartoonist   

Jan 03   Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) was born in the year 1956.   

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   In the year 1956 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   Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1956 siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

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