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   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   In the year 1956 biggest NBA margin of victory   

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 in the year 1956.   

Mar 20   Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes in the year 1956.   

Mar 20   Tunisia gains independence from France on this day in history.   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1956 uSSR performs nuclear test   

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   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 in the year 1956.   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1956 medic Alert Foundation forms   

Mar 26   On this day in history red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One   

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

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

Mar 27   In the year 1956 french commandos land in Algeria   

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 in the year 1956.   

Mar 30   On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

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

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

Apr 02   In the year 1956 soap operas "As the World Turns" &"Edge of Night" premieres on TV   

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   German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rhl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1956.   

Jan 03   Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)   

Jan 04   In the year 1956 birth of bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)   

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   In the year 1956 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   On this day in history henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84   

Jan 12   In the year 1956 john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70   

Jan 14   On this day in history siegfried F Nadel, Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52   

Jan 21   On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)