Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1956
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Apr 29 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open in the year 1956. 
Apr 29 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1956.
Apr 30 Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78 in the year 1956.
May 02 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus in the year 1956.
May 02 US Methodist church disallows race separation on this day in history.
May 03 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') in the year 1956.
May 04 On this day in history queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
May 04 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on this day in history.
May 05 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88 in the year 1956.
May 05 The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3 58.6 in Los Angeles, CA on this day in history.
May 05 The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA in the year 1956.
May 05 World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo on this day in history.
May 06 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header in the year 1956.
May 07 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 on this day in history.
May 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett on this day in history.
May 10 French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria in the year 1956.
May 11 In the year 1956 pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
May 11 In the year 1956 walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
May 12 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1956 hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
May 13 In the year 1956 aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
May 14 In the year 1956 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya
May 15 In the year 1956 in Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns.
May 16 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
May 18 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy on this day in history.
May 18 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy on this day in history.
May 18 Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies on this day in history.
May 18 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam in the year 1956.
May 19 On this day in history 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
May 20 In the year 1956 andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
May 20 On this day in history atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
May 20 On this day in history jordan government of Samir resigns
May 21 In the year 1956 jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
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