1956
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1956 (
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Events of 1956
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- June 1 - Vyacheslav Molotov resigns as a foreign minister of Soviet Union; he later becomes ambassador in Mongolia.
- June 3 - British Rail renamed 'Third Class' passenger facilities as 'Second Class' (Second Class facilities had been abolished in 1875, leaving just First Class and Third Class).
- 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. {{noMention}} June 10 - 1956 Summer Olympics: Equestrian events open in Stockholm, Sweden. (All other events held in November in Melbourne, Australia.)
- June 14 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the phrase "under God" should be added to the Pledge of Allegiance. The Flag of the United States Army was formally dedicated.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
- June 15 - Eindhoven University of Technology is founded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- 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 Poznań, Poland, are crushed with heavy loss of life. Soviet troops fire at crowd that protests high prices - 53 dead.
- June 28 - The film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner, is released only a few months after the film version of R&H's Carousel.
- June 29 - Actress Marilyn Monroe marries 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
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- November 3 - MGM's screen classic, The Wizard of Oz, is shown on television for the first time by CBS, as the final installment of their Ford Star Jubilee.
- November 4 - 1956 Hungarian Revolution: more 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: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
- November 6 - Enoch A. Holtwick defeated as presidential candidate of Prohibition 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 13 - United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal; thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- November 14 - Fighting ends in Hungary. {{noMention}}
- November 15 - Middle East Technical University founded in Ankara, Turkey.
- November 16 - Israel is denounced by UN {{noMention}}
- November 20 - In Yugoslavia, former prime minister 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.(1)
- November 30-Floyd Patterson becomes champion after retirement of Rocky Marciano
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Undated
Ongoing
Births
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January–February
- January 1 - Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
- January 3 - Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
- January 4 - Bernard Sumner, British guitarist (Joy Division and New Order)
- January 5 - Chen Kenichi, Japan-born Chinese chef
- January 7 - David Caruso, American actor
- January 9 - Imelda Staunton, British actress
- 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 20 - Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst
- January 21 - Geena Davis, American actress
- January 24 - Lounès Matoub, a famous Berber Kabyle singer
- January 25 - Bronwyn Pike, Australian politician
- January 27 - Mimi Rogers, American actress
- January 31 - Johnny Rotten, British singer (Sex Pistols)
- February 1 - Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- February 3 - Nathan Lane, American actor
- February 11 - Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist
- February 11 - Catherine Hickland, American actress
- February 12 - Brian Robertson, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Wild Horses, and Motörhead)
- February 13 - Peter Hook, British bassist (Joy Division and New Order)
- February 13 - Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian ultramarathoner
- February 13 - Paul Stojanovich, American television producer
- February 14 - Tom Burlinson, Australian actor
- 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 - Judith Butler, Prominent American philosopher
- February 24 - Paula Zahn, American television journalist
- February 25 - Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (d. 1995)
- 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–April
- March 5 - Teena Marie, American singer
- March 11 - Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
- March 12 - Steve Harris, British bass player, founding member of Iron Maiden
- March 19 - Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician
- March 21 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
- March 23 - José Manuel Barroso, Prime-minister of Portugal
- March 23 - Win Lyovarin, Thai author, who won 2 times S.E.A. Write Award
- March 24 - Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft
- April 3 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996)
- April 3 - Boris Miljkovic, Serbian TV & theatre director and video artist
- April 4 - Kerry Chikarovski, Australian politician
- April 4 - David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer
- April 5 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
- April 6 - Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer
- April 12 - Andy Garcia, American actor
- April 12 - Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese politician, novelist
- April 13 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand rally car driver (d. 2003)
- 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 21 - Phillip Longman, American demographer
- April 23 - Judy Davis, Australian actress
- April 26 - Koo Stark, British actress
- April 28 - Jimmy Barnes, Australian musician
- April 28 - Paul Phillips, American conductor-composer
- April 30 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
May–June
- May 4 - David Guterson, American writer
- May 4 - Ulrike Meyfarth, German high jumper
- May 6 - Vladimir Lisin, Russian oligarch
- May 7 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- May 7 - Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
- May 10 - Vladislav Nikolayevich Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995).
- 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 sports commentator
- May 15 - Kjartan Poskitt, English author
- 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, Irish Anglican bishop
- May 28 - Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
- June 3 - George Burley, Current Scotland Football Manager
- June 6 - Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
- June 9 - Patricia Cornwell, American novelist
- June 10 - Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- June 11 - Joe Montana, American football player
- June 20 - Cho Chikun, Korean professional Go player
- June 23 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (Danzig)
- June 23 - Randy Jackson, American musician
- June 25 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
- June 26 - Chris Isaak, American musician
- June 27 - Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
- June 28 - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
- June 30 - Ronald Winans, American musician (d. 2005)
July–August
- July 3 - Rick Ducommun, Canadian actor and comedian
- July 5 - Sheila Walsh, Scottish musician
- July 9 - Tom Hanks, American actor
- July 11 - Sela Ward, American actress
- July 12 - Sandi Patty, American Christian musician
- July 14 - Vladimir Kulich, Czech actor
- July 14 - King Diamond, Danish heavy metal musician
- 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 15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese long-distance runner
- July 16 - Tony Kushner, American playwright
- July 18 - Sheila Aldridge, American singer, The Aldridge Sisters
- July 19 - Yoshiaki Yatsu, Japanese professional wrestler
- July 20 - Thomas Nkono, Cameroonian footballer
- July 24 - Pat Finn, American game show host and producer
- July 26 - Andy Goldsworthy, British sculptor and photographer
- July 30 - Soraida Martinez, American painter, Creator of Verdadism
- July 31 - Michael Biehn, American actor
- July 31 - Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
- August 1 - Steve Green, American musician
- August 5 - Maureen McCormick, American actress
- August 17 - Dave Jones, Cardiff City Manager
- August 20 - Joan Allen, American actress
- August 21 - Kim Cattrall, Canadian actress
- August 21 - Anselmo Feleppa, clothes designer
- August 22 - Paul Molitor, baseball player
- August 23 - Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
- August 23 - Arabella Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, stillborn
- August 24 - John Culberson, American politician
- August 26 - Mark Mangino, American football coach
- August 29 - Mark Morris, American choreographer
- August 31 - Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
September–October
- September 1 - Bernie Wagenblast, American editor and broadcaster
- September 2 - Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- September 3 - Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- September 11 - Phil Bissett, American politician
- September 12 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor (d. 2003)
- September 12 - September 12 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
- September 14 - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek politician
- September 14 - Ray Wilkins, English footballer and coach
- September 16 - Mickey Rourke, American actor
- September 16 - David Copperfield, American illusionist
- September 17 - Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher.
- September 20 - Gary Cole, American actor
- September 21 - Jack Givens, American basketball player
- September 24 - Gregory Peter Panos, American futurist, writer, inventor, virtual reality expert, human simulation visionary
- September 25 - Jamie Hyneman, Mythbusters co-host
- September 26 - Linda Hamilton, American actress
- September 29 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete, co-ordinator of London 2012 Olympic Games
- September 29 - Kenneth Newby, Canadian Media Artist
- October 8 - Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
- 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 23 - Dwight Yoakam, country singer/musician and actor
- October 27 - Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer
- October 28 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian president
November–December
- November 8 - Steven Miller, American record producer
- November 10 - Mohsen Badawi, Entrepreneur, political activist and writer
- November 14 - Avi Cohen, Israeli football player
- November 18 - Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (d. 1995)
- November 18 - Warren Moon, American football player
- November 20 - Bo Derek, American actress
- November 23 - Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
- November 23 - Nikolay Sidorov, former Soviet athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- November 26 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- November 27 - William Fichtner, American actor
- November 28 - Lucy Gutteridge, British actress
- November 29 - Leo Laporte, American author and television host
- November 29 - Eric Laakso, Retired Miami Dolphins NFL Offensive tackle
- December 5 - Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
- December 5 - Brian Backer, American actor
- December 6 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
- December 6 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne) (d. 1982)
- December 7 - Larry Bird, American basketball player
- December 8 - Warren Cuccurullo, American musician (Missing Persons and Duran Duran)
- December 11 - Lani Brockman, Playwright
- December 12 - Johan Van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
- December 12 - Ana Alicia, Mexican actress
- December 13 - Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer
- December 17 - Mike Mills, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
- December 18 - Ron White, American comedian
- December 23 - Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
- December 23 - Dave Murray, British guitarist
- December 26 - David Sedaris, American essayist
- December 28 - Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
- December 29 - Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian
- December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
- December 31 - Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian Marathon Player
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Deaths
January–June
- January 3 - Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
- January 5 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875)
- January 13 - Lyonel Charles Feininger, German painter (b. 1871)
- January 14 - Sheila Kaye-Smith, English writer (b. 1887)
- January 18 - Konstantin Päts, President of Estonia (b. 1874)
- January 21 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
- 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 8 - Connie Mack, baseball executive and manager (b. 1862)
- February 10 - Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, marshal of the Royal Air Force (b. 1873)
- February 18 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
- March 17 - Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1897)
- March 18 - Louis Bromfield, American writer (b. 1896)
- March 20 - Fanny Durack, Australian swimmer (b. 1889)
- March 20 - Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician and third President of Austria
- 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 19 - Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (b. 1886)
- April 30 - Alben Barkley, Vice-President of the United States (b. 1877)
- 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 17 - Paul Rostock, German official, surgeon, and university professor (b. 1892)
- June 22 - Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1873)
- June 23 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
- June 26 - Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (auto accident) (b. 1930)
July–December
- July 8 - Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist, poet, novelist (b. 1881)
- July 10 - Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- July 20 - James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1856)
- 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 23 - Arabella Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, stillborn
- August 25 - Alfred Kinsey, American sex researcher (b. 1894)
- September 11 - Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot (b. 1894)
- September 20 - Flora Eldershaw, Australian novelist, critic, and historian (b. 1897)
- September 22 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- September 27 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golfer (b. 1911)
- September 29 - Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua (b. 1896)
- October 12 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872)
- October 17 - Anne Crawford, British actress (b. 1920)
- October 19 - Isham Jones, American musician (b. 1894)
- October 26 - Walter Gieseking, French conductor (b. 1895)
- November 5 - Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (b. 1909)
- November 10 - Harry F. Sinclair, American entrepreneur (b. 1876)
- November 24 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
- November 26 - Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 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)
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Ship events
Nobel Prizes
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