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'''1956''' ('''
Roman numerals MCMLVI''') was a
leap year starting on Sunday of the
Gregorian calendar.
Events
January
*
January 1 - End of
United Kingdom Anglo-
Egyptian Condominium in
Sudan.
*
January 16 - President
Gamal Abdal Nasser of
Egypt vows to reconquer
Palestine (region) Palestine.
*
January 26 -
1956 Winter Olympic Games open in
Cortina d'Ampezzo,
Italy.
*
January 26 - The
United Kingdom bans
heroin.
*
January 25-
January 26 -
Finland Finnish troops reoccupy
Porkkala after
Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return
February 4.
February
*
February 22 -
Elvis Presley enters the
United States music charts for the first time, with "
Heartbreak Hotel."
*
February 23 -
Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of
Joseph Stalin as a "
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences cult of personality."
*
February 29 -
the Mother of Pondicherry, India) declared the Supramental Descent (see also
Sri Aurobindo,
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet)
March
*
March 1 - the
International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the
Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the
International Civil Aviation Organization.
*
March 2 -
Morocco declares its independence from
France.
*
March 5 - Ian Goligher is born in
Northern Ireland
*
March 9 - British deport Archbishop
Makarios from
Cyprusto
Seychelles.
*
March 13 -
Elvis Presley releases his first
Gold Album titled '''Elvis Presley'''.
*
March 15 - The Broadway musical ''
My Fair Lady'' opens in
New York City.
*
March 19 - At age 48, Dutch boxer
Bep van Klaveren contests his last match in
Rotterdam.
*
March 20 -
Tunisia gains
independence from
France.
*
March 23 -
Pakistan becomes the first
Islamic
republic.
April
*
April 7 -
Spain relinquishes its
protectorate in
Morocco.
*
April 9 -
Habib Bourgiba is elected prime minister of
Tunisia.{{noMention}}
*
April 14 -
Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now
National Association of Broadcasters NAB) convention in
Chicago, Illinois by
Ampex. It was the demonstation of the first practical and commercially successful videotape format known as
2" Quadruplex.
*
April 17 -
Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated
Chew Valley Lake.
*
April 19 - British diver
Lionel Crabb dives into the
Portsmouth harbor to investigate visiting
Soviet cruiser and vanishes.
*
April 19 - Actress
Grace Kelly marries Prince
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco Rainier III of Monaco.{{noMention}}
May
* early May - The
United Methodist Church Methodist Church in America decides at its General Conference to grant women full
ordained clergy status.
*
May 8 -
Austria and
Israel form
diplomatic relations.
*
May 8 - Constitutional union between
Indonesia and
Netherlands is dissolved.
*
May 9 - First ascent of
Manaslu, eighth highest mountain in the world.
*
May 18 - First ascent of
Lhotse (main), fourth highest mountain.
*
May 21 -
Nuclear testing: In the
Pacific Ocean,
Bikini Atoll is nearly obliterated by the first airborne explosion of a
hydrogen bomb.
*
May 23 - French minister
Pierre Mendes-France resigns due to government's policy on
Algeria.
*
May 24 - The first
Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast from
Lugano,
Switzerland.
June
*
June 1 -
Vyacheslav Molotov resigns as a foreign minister of
Soviet Union; he later becomes ambassador in
Mongolia.
*
June 6 - In
Singapore, chief minister
David Marshall resigns after breakdown of talks about internal self government in London.
*
June 8 -
General Electric/Telechron introduces model 7H241 "The Snooz Alarm", first snooze
alarm clock ever.
*
June 10 -
1956 Summer Olympics:
Equestrianism Equestrian events open in
Stockholm,
Sweden.
*
June 14 - President
Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the phrase "under God" should be added to the
Pledge of Allegiance
*
June 18 - Last foreign troops leave
Egypt.
*
June 23 -
Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the second president of
Egypt.
*
June 28 - MP
Sydney Silverman's bill for abolition of
death penalty passes the British
House of Commons.
*
June 28 - Labour riots at
Poznan,
Poland, are crushed with heavy loss of life.
Soviet Union Soviet troops fire at crowd that protests high prices - 53 dead.
*
June 29 - Actress
Marilyn Monroe marries the playwright
Arthur Miller.
*
June 29 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System
*
June 30 - A
TWA Lockheed Constellation and
United Airlines Douglas DC-7 collide in mid-air over the
Grand Canyon in
Arizona and crash. All 128 people aboard the two aircraft are killed in the disaster. The accident prompts tighter air traffic control to be implemented in the United States.
July
*
July 4 - The
inventor of the
Ant Farm came up with the idea while at an ant-infested
picnic.
*
July 8 - First ascent of
Gasherbrum II.
*
July 10 - British
House of Lords defeats the abolition of death penalty.
*
July 24 - At
New York City's Copacabana Club,
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together which started on
July 25,
1946.
*
July 25 - 45 miles south of
Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner
SS Andrea Doria SS ''Andrea Doria'' sinks after colliding with the Swedish ship
SS Stockholm SS ''Stockholm'' in heavy
fog, killing 51.
*
July 26 -
Egyptian leader
Gamal Nasser nationalizes the
Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
*
July 30 - A Joint Resolution of the
Congress of the United States U.S. Congress is signed by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "
In God We Trust" as the U.S. national
motto.
*
July 31 -
Jim Laker sets extraordinary record at
Old Trafford (cricket) Old Trafford in the fourth
Test cricket Test of taking nineteen wickets in a first class match (the previous best was seventeen).
August
* Exhibition ''
This is Tomorrow at
Whitechapel Art Gallery
*
August 8 - Fire and explosion kills 263 miners at
Marcinelle,
Belgium.
*
August 17 -
West Germany bans
communism communist party
September
*
September 25 - Submarine telephone cable across the Atlantic opened
October
*
October 10 -
Finland joins
UNESCO
*
October 14 - Dr.
B. R. Ambedkar,
Indian
Dalit (outcaste) Untouchable leader, converts to
Buddhism along with 385,000 followers. See
Neo-Buddhism.
*
October 15 -
Royal Air Force RAF retires its last
Lancaster bomber
*
October 15 -
Fidel Castro and
Che Guevara depart from
Tuxpan,
Mexico enroute to
Santiago de Cuba aboard ship ''Granma'' with 82 men. After the ship passes a storm, it lands on
Belici, Cuba,
December 2
*
October 23 -
Hungarian Revolution, 1956 Hungarian revolution against the pro-Soviet government.
Soviet Union intervenes.
Hungary attempts to leave the
Warsaw Pact.
*
October 26 -
Warsaw Pact troops invade
Hungary.
*
October 29 -
Suez Crisis begins:
Israel invades the
Sinai Peninsula and push
Egyptian forces back toward the
Suez Canal.
*
October 29 -
Tangier Protocol signed: The
international city Tangier is reintegrated into
Morocco.
*
October 31 -
Suez Crisis: The
United Kingdom and
France begin bombing
Egypt to force the reopening of the
Suez Canal.
November
*
November 4 -
1956 Hungarian Revolution:
Soviet Union Soviet troops invade
Hungary to crush a revolt that started on
October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
*
November 6 -
U.S. presidential election, 1956:
United States Republican Party Republican incumbent
Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating
United States Democratic Party Democrat challenger
Adlai Stevenson Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
*
November 6 -
Enoch A. Holtwick defeated as presidential candidate of
Prohibition Mass Party.
*
November 7 -
Suez Crisis: The
United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the
United Kingdom,
France and
Israel to withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
*
November 14 - Fighting ends in Hungary.
*
November 16 - Israel is denounced by UN
*
November 20 - In
Yugoslavia, former prime minister
Milovan Ä?ilas Milovan Djilas is arrested after he criticized
Josip Broz Tito
*
November 22 - Beginning of the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne, Australia.
*
November 23 -
Suez Crisis causes petrol
rationing in Britain.
December
*
December 2 -
Fidel Castro and his followers land on
Cuba in the boat ''
Granma''.
*
December 2 - A
pipe bomb explodes at a movie theater in
Brooklyn (work of
George Metesky), injuring six people.
*
December 5 -
Rose Heilbron becomes Britain's first female judge
*
December 12 -
Japan becomes member of the
United Nations.
*
December 23 - British and French troops leave
Suez Canal region
*
December 26 - The Mai Kai restaurant opens in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Unknown date
*
Eindhoven University of Technology founded in
Eindhoven, The
Netherlands
*First
hard disk (5MB) invented by
International Business Machines IBM.
*
Minamata disease discovered
* Founding of the
Alpine Club of Canada,
Toronto section (who have [http://climbers.org/ their own site])
Births
January
*
January 1 -
Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d.
2000)
*
January 3 -
Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
*
January 4 -
Bernard Sumner, British guitarist (
Joy Division and
New Order)
*
January 5 -
Chen Kenichi, Japanese chef
*
January 7 -
David Caruso, American actor
*
January 10 -
Shawn Colvin, American singer
*
January 14 -
Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
*
January 16 -
Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
*
January 17 -
Paul Young, English musician
*
January 17 -
Steve Harvey, American actor
*
January 20 -
Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst
*
January 21 -
Geena Davis, American actress
*
January 27 -
Mimi Rogers, American actress
*
January 31 -
Johnny Rotten, British singer (
Sex Pistols)
February
*
February 3 -
Nathan Lane, American actor
*
February 11 -
Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist
*
February 13 -
Peter Hook, British bassist (
Joy Division and
New Order)
*
February 14 -
Tom Burlinson, Australian actor
*
February 14 -
Ron Shore, American film and television composer and producer
*
February 15 -
Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricketer
*
February 18 -
Thomas Gradin, Swedish hockey player
*
February 19 -
Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*
February 24 -
Paula Zahn, American television journalist
*
February 26 -
Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese musician
*
February 28 -
Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born footballer
*
February 29 -
Bob Speller, Canadian politician
*
February 29 -
Aileen Carol Wuornos, American serial killer (d.
2002)
March
*
March 11 -
Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
*
March 21 -
Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
April
*
April 3 -
Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian
*
April 4 -
Kerry Chikarovski, Australian politician
*
April 4 -
David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer
*
April 6 -
Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer
*
April 12 -
Andy Garcia, American actor
*
April 13 -
Peter 'Possum' Bourne, Australian race car driver (d.
2003)
*
April 13 -
Alison Wheeler, British activist
*
April 14 -
Barbara Bonney, American soprano
*
April 16 -
David M. Brown, astronaut (d.
2003)
*
April 16 -
Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
*
April 19 -
Sue Barker, British tennis player and television presenter
*
April 23 -
Judy Davis, Australian actress
*
April 26 -
Koo Stark, British actress
*
April 28 -
Jimmy Barnes, Australian musician
*
April 30 -
Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
*
April 30 -
Lars von Trier, Danish film director
May
*
May 4 -
David Guterson, American writer
*
May 4 -
Ulrike Meyfarth, German high jumper
*
May 7 -
Jan Peter Balkenende,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
*
May 11 -
Andrew Hidalgo, American entrepreneur
*
May 13 -
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Indian guru
*
May 13 -
Steve Blackwood, American actor and musician
*
May 15 -
Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
*
May 16 -
Olga Korbut, Russian gymnast
*
May 17 -
Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
*
May 17 -
Bob Saget, American actor
*
May 20 -
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
*
May 23 -
Buck Showalter, baseball player and manager
* May 23 -
Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
*
May 24 -
Michael Jackson (Anglican bishop) Michael Jackson, Irish Anglican bishop
June
*
June 6 -
Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
*
June 9 -
Patricia Cornwell, American novelist
*
June 11 -
Joe Montana, American football player
*
June 23 -
Glenn Danzig, American musician (
Danzig (band) Danzig)
*
June 23 -
Randy Jackson, American musician
*
June 25 -
Boris Trajkovski,
President of the Republic of Macedonia (d.
2004)
*
June 27 -
Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
*
June 30 -
Ronald Winans, American musician (d.
2005)
July
*
July 2 -
Jerry Hall, American model and actress
*
July 9 -
Tom Hanks, American actor
*
July 11 -
Sela Ward, American actress
*
July 15 -
Ian Curtis, British musician (
Joy Division) (d.
1980)
*
July 15 -
Barry Melrose, Canadian hockey player, coach, and commentator
*
July 15 -
Marky Ramone American drummer (
The Ramones)
*
July 16 -
Tony Kushner, American playwright
*
July 31 -
Michael Biehn, American actor
August
*
August 5 -
Maureen McCormick, American actress
*
August 14 -
Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
*
August 20 -
Joan Allen, American actress
*
August 21 -
Kim Cattrall, Canadian actress
*
August 22 -
Paul Molitor, baseball player
*
August 23 -
Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d.
1991)
*
August 24 -
John Culberson, American politician
*
August 31 -
Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
September
*
September 11 -
Phil Bissett, American politican
*
September 12 -
Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
*
September 14 -
Costas Caramanlis, Greek politician
*
September 14 -
Ray Wilkins, English footballer and coach
*
September 20 -
Gary Cole, American actor
*
September 22 -
Masayuki Suzuki (singer) Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (
Rats & Star)
*
September 26 -
Linda Hamilton, American actress
*
September 30 -
Fran Drescher, American actress
October
*
October 10 -
Amanda Burton, Irish actress
*
October 11 -
Nicanor Duarte Frutos,
President of Paraguay
*
October 17 -
Mae Jemison, astronaut
*
October 18 -
Martina Navratilova, Czech-born tennis player
*
October 19 -
Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d.
2003)
*
October 28 -
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president
November
*
November 18 -
Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (d.
1995)
*
November 18 -
Warren Moon, American football player
*
November 21 -
Ed Kaz, American journalist
*
November 23 -
Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
*
November 26 -
Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
*
November 27 -
William Fichtner, American actor
*
November 28 -
Lucy Gutteridge, British actress
*
November 28 -
Andreas Augustin, Austrian author
*
November 29 -
Leo Laporte, Canadian author and television host
December
*
December 5 -
Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
*
December 5 -
Brian Backer, American actor
*
December 6 -
Peter Buck, American guitarist (
R.E.M. (band) R.E.M.)
*
December 6 -
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (
Quiet Riot and
Ozzy Osbourne) [d.
1982]
*
December 7 -
Larry Bird, American basketball player
*
December 7 -
Mark Rolston, American actor
*
December 8 -
Warren Cuccurullo, American musician (
Missing Persons and
Duran Duran)
*
December 12 -
Johan Van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
*
December 17 -
Mike Mills, American guitarist (
R.E.M.)
*
December 18 -
Ron White, American comedian
*
December 23 -
Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver
*
December 23 -
Dave Murray, British guitarist
*
December 26 -
David Sedaris, American essayist
*
December 28 -
Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
Unknown dates
*
Ronan Bennett, Irish writer
*
Shelagh Rogers, Canadian radio host
Deaths
January
*
January 3 -
Alexander Grechaninov, Russian composer (b.
1864)
*
January 5 -
Mistinguett, French singer (b.
1875)
*
January 13 -
Lyonel Feininger Lyonel Charles Feininger, German painter (b.
1871)
*
January 18 -
Konstantin Päts,
President of Estonia (b.
1874)
*
January 24 - Sir
Alexander Korda, Hungarian-born film director (b.
1893)
*
January 27 -
Erich Kleiber, German conductor (b.
1890)
*
January 29 -
H. L. Mencken, American writer (b.
1880)
*
January 31 -
A. A. Milne, English author (b.
1882)
February
*
February 8 -
Connie Mack (baseball) Connie Mack, baseball executive and manager (b.
1862)
*
February 18 -
Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b.
1860)
March
*
March 17 -
Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b.
1897)
*
March 20 -
Fanny Durack, Australian swimmer (b.
1889)
*
March 25 -
Robert Newton, English film actor (b.
1905)
*
March 30 -
Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English inventor (b.
1875)
*
March 31 -
Ralph DePalma, Italian-born race car driver (b.
1884)
April
*
April 19 -
Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (b.
1886)
*
April 30 -
Alben Barkley,
Vice-President of the United States (b.
1877)
May
*
May 12 -
Louis Calhern, American actor (b.
1895)
*
May 17 -
Austin Osman Spare, English magician (b.
1886)
*
May 18 -
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b.
1895)
*
May 20 -
Max Beerbohm, English theater critic (b.
1872)
*
May 26 -
Al Simmons, baseball player (b.
1902)
*
May 31 -
Diedrich Hermann Westermann, German linguist (b.
1875)
June
*
June 17 -
Paul Rostock, German official, surgeon, and university professor (b.
1892)
*
June 23 -
Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b.
1875)
*
June 26 -
Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (auto accident) (b.
1930)
July
*
July 7 -
Gottfried Benn, German poet (b.
1886)
*
July 8 -
Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist, poet, novelist (b.
1881)
August
*
August 2 -
Albert Woolson, last surviving Union veteran of the American Civil War (b.
1847)
*
August 11 -
Jackson Pollock, American painter (b.
1912)
*
August 14 -
Bertolt Brecht, German playwright (b.
1898)
*
August 16 -
Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born film actor (b.
1882)
*
August 23 -
Peaches Browning, American actress (b.
1910)
*
August 25 -
Alfred Kinsey, American sex researcher (b.
1894)
September
*
September 21 -
Anastasio Somoza GarcÃa,
President of Nicaragua (b.
1896)
*
September 22 -
Frederick Soddy, English chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1877)
*
September 27 -
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (b.
1911)
October
*
October 12 -
Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b.
1872)
*
October 19 -
Isham Jones, American musician (b.
1894)
*
October 26 -
Walter Gieseking, French conductor (b.
1895)
November
*
November 24 -
Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b.
1920)
December
*
December 6 - Dr.
B. R. Ambedkar, Indian untouchable leader (b.
1891)
*
December 7 -
Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (b.
1887)
*
December 16 -
Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b
1890)
Unknown dates
*
James Alexander Allan, Australian poet (b.
1889)
*
James Cousins, Irish writer (b.
1873)
Nobel prizes
*
Nobel Prize in Physics Physics -
William Bradford Shockley,
John Bardeen,
Walter Houser Brattain
*
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Chemistry - Sir
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood,
Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov
*
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Physiology or Medicine -
André Frédéric Cournand,
Werner Forssmann,
Dickinson W. Richards
*
Nobel Prize in Literature Literature -
Juan Ramón Jiménez
*
Nobel Peace Prize Peace - not awarded
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