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Events on the year of 1956 in history

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01 Jan 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
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01 Jan 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and the UK
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01 Jan 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1956 A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
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01 Jan 1956 Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
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02 Jan 1956 Poujadists / communists win French parliamentary elections
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03 Jan 1956 A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
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05 Jan 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
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06 Jan 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
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06 Jan 1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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07 Jan 1956 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy
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08 Jan 1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
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08 Jan 1956 Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
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09 Jan 1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan
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10 Jan 1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
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10 Jan 1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
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14 Jan 1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
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14 Jan 1956 Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
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14 Jan 1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
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15 Jan 1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Jan 1956 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honorary member of Academia Santa Cecilia
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15 Jan 1956 Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
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16 Jan 1956 President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
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16 Jan 1956 Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine
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18 Jan 1956 German Democratic Republic forms own army (National People's Army)
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19 Jan 1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
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20 Jan 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
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21 Jan 1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden NYC after 849 performances
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21 Jan 1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker
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21 Jan 1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City NY after 849 performances
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22 Jan 1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
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22 Jan 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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22 Jan 1956 Canadian Football Council forms
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24 Jan 1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
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25 Jan 1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
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26 Jan 1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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26 Jan 1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
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26 Jan 1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session
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26 Jan 1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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27 Jan 1956 NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium
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28 Jan 1956 Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance
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28 Jan 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)
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29 Jan 1956 F D
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30 Jan 1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
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30 Jan 1956 African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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30 Jan 1956 Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed
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30 Jan 1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
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30 Jan 1956 KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Jan 1956 French government of Mollet forms
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31 Jan 1956 Juscelino Kubitschek becomes President of Brazil
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01 Feb 1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
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01 Feb 1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
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02 Feb 1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
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03 Feb 1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2 / 7 after a riot
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03 Feb 1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
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04 Feb 1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
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05 Feb 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
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06 Feb 1956 French Premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers
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07 Feb 1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
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08 Feb 1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
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09 Feb 1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
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09 Feb 1956 R Lacoste follows Catroux as Premier of Algeria
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10 Feb 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
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10 Feb 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
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12 Feb 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
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13 Feb 1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
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14 Feb 1956 Verhoeven / Nauta / De King / Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
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14 Feb 1956 The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech.
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14 Feb 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference
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14 Feb 1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
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14 Feb 1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
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15 Feb 1956 Pirates and Kansas City Athletics cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white
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15 Feb 1956 Urho Kekkonen appointed President of Finland
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16 Feb 1956 Britain abolishes the death penalty
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17 Feb 1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas Great Britain
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17 Feb 1956 Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz & Oppelt of Austria
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17 Feb 1956 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA
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19 Feb 1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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20 Feb 1956 The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
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20 Feb 1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Feb 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"
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22 Feb 1956 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
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23 Feb 1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
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23 Feb 1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
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25 Feb 1956 In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
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25 Feb 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
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26 Feb 1956 Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
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26 Feb 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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27 Feb 1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
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27 Feb 1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
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28 Feb 1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott, Massachusetts
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28 Feb 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
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29 Feb 1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan
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29 Feb 1956 Islamic Republic established in Pakistan
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29 Feb 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term
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01 Mar 1956 Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee
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01 Mar 1956 The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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02 Mar 1956 Morocco gains its independence from France.
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03 Mar 1956 Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)
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03 Mar 1956 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns
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03 Mar 1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York
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03 Mar 1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)
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05 Mar 1956 "King Kong, " 1st televised
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05 Mar 1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
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09 Mar 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles
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09 Mar 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
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09 Mar 1956 Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
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10 Mar 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
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10 Mar 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
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11 Mar 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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12 Mar 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
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13 Mar 1956 New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
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14 Mar 1956 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
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15 Mar 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 performances
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15 Mar 1956 My Fair Lady debuts on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
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15 Mar 1956 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champion
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16 Mar 1956 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright
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16 Mar 1956 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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17 Mar 1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball
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19 Mar 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
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20 Mar 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends
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20 Mar 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France.
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20 Mar 1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st Secretary of Polish CP
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20 Mar 1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes
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20 Mar 1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp
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21 Mar 1956 28th Academy Awards - "Marty, " Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win
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21 Mar 1956 28th Academy Awards: "Marty", Ernest Borgnine & Anna Magnani win
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22 Mar 1956 "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
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22 Mar 1956 Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr premieres in New York City
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22 Mar 1956 Death penalty against KPrime Minister-director L
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22 Mar 1956 Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr premieres at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
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23 Mar 1956 Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
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23 Mar 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71; this is San Francisco's 2nd consecutive national basketball championship
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23 Mar 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)
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23 Mar 1956 Sudan becomes independent
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26 Mar 1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms
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26 Mar 1956 Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One
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27 Mar 1956 US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"
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27 Mar 1956 French commandos land in Algeria
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30 Mar 1956 USSR performs nuclear test
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01 Apr 1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win
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01 Apr 1956 KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Apr 1956 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
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02 Apr 1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" and"Edge of Night" premieres on TV
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02 Apr 1956 As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
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03 Apr 1956 "Silk Stockings" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances
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03 Apr 1956 Bulgarian Vice Premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated
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03 Apr 1956 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
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05 Apr 1956 In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
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05 Apr 1956 Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
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06 Apr 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
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07 Apr 1956 10th NBA Championship: Ph Warriors beat Ft Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1
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07 Apr 1956 Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
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08 Apr 1956 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289
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08 Apr 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island, South Carolina
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10 Apr 1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
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10 Apr 1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
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10 Apr 1956 Stanley Cup Montr
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11 Apr 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
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11 Apr 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
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12 Apr 1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
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13 Apr 1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Apr 1956 "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
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14 Apr 1956 In Chicago, videotape is first demonstrated.
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14 Apr 1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
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15 Apr 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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16 Apr 1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale
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17 Apr 1956 USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
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17 Apr 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
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17 Apr 1956 Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
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17 Apr 1956 Kominform disbands
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17 Apr 1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
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18 Apr 1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
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18 Apr 1956 Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
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19 Apr 1956 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
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19 Apr 1956 US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (civil ceremony)
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19 Apr 1956 1st major league baseball game in New Jersey, Dodgers beat Phillies in Roosevelt Stadium
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19 Apr 1956 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14
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21 Apr 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1
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22 Apr 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
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23 Apr 1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
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24 Apr 1956 American League umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
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25 Apr 1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
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25 Apr 1956 No
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26 Apr 1956 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
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27 Apr 1956 Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
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27 Apr 1956 Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election
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28 Apr 1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
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28 Apr 1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 homeruns
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29 Apr 1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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29 Apr 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
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29 Apr 1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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29 Apr 1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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30 Apr 1956 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
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01 May 1956 A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
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01 May 1956 The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
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02 May 1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
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02 May 1956 US Methodist church disallows race separation
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03 May 1956 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
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04 May 1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
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05 May 1956 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4
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05 May 1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
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05 May 1956 Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, California
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05 May 1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
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06 May 1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
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06 May 1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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07 May 1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
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07 May 1956 New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
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07 May 1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
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08 May 1956 John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger, " premieres in London
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10 May 1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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10 May 1956 French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
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11 May 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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12 May 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0
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12 May 1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
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13 May 1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
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16 May 1956 Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage"
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16 May 1956 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval
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16 May 1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
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16 May 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
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18 May 1956 First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
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18 May 1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas R
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18 May 1956 Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
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18 May 1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
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19 May 1956 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
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19 May 1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning homerun, 1st homerun in 8 straight games
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20 May 1956 In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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20 May 1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
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20 May 1956 Jordan government of Samir resigns
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21 May 1956 WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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21 May 1956 Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
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21 May 1956 US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
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22 May 1956 "Bob Hope Show, " last airs on NBC-TV
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22 May 1956 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV
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22 May 1956 KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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23 May 1956 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
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23 May 1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Fransisco
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24 May 1956 Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
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24 May 1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
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25 May 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
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26 May 1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
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26 May 1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103
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26 May 1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in the 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
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27 May 1956 French raid in Algiers
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27 May 1956 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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28 May 1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit homeruns in 8 straight games
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28 May 1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus
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29 May 1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast
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29 May 1956 Arnold Sch
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30 May 1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
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30 May 1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st homerun out of Yankee Stadium
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31 May 1956 Mickey Mantle homerun just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
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02 Jun 1956 Yugoslav President Tito visits Moscow
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03 Jun 1956 3rd class travel on British Railways ends
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03 Jun 1956 KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 Jun 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
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04 Jun 1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
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05 Jun 1956 "Milton Berle Show, " last airs on NBC-TV
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05 Jun 1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
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05 Jun 1956 Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
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07 Jun 1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
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08 Jun 1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
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08 Jun 1956 WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Jun 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
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10 Jun 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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10 Jun 1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
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11 Jun 1956 Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
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13 Jun 1956 "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 21 performances
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13 Jun 1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
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13 Jun 1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50 / KVP 49
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13 Jun 1956 Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup
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14 Jun 1956 "New Faces of 1956" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
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15 Jun 1956 John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the 1st time as
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16 Jun 1956 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill Country Club - New York
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16 Jun 1956 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
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18 Jun 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
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18 Jun 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt
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19 Jun 1956 Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
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20 Jun 1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
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20 Jun 1956 A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
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21 Jun 1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
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21 Jun 1956 German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
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21 Jun 1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters
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23 Jun 1956 "Jimmy Durante Show, " last airs on NBC-TV
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23 Jun 1956 "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8
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23 Jun 1956 The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
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23 Jun 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
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24 Jun 1956 "Steve Allen Show, " returns on NBC-TV
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24 Jun 1956 2nd LPGA Championship won by Marlene Hagge
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24 Jun 1956 WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jun 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and"Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
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25 Jun 1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jun 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
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27 Jun 1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
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28 Jun 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois
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28 Jun 1956 in Poznań, workers from HCP factory went to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
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28 Jun 1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
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29 Jun 1956 Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
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29 Jun 1956 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
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29 Jun 1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif
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29 Jun 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
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30 Jun 1956 "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 245 performances
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30 Jun 1956 "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 21 performances
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30 Jun 1956 Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
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30 Jun 1956 A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
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30 Jun 1956 United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128
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01 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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01 Jul 1956 Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show
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01 Jul 1956 Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as Premier of Jordan
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04 Jul 1956 Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia
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04 Jul 1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville, Maryland
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05 Jul 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
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06 Jul 1956 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
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06 Jul 1956 85th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 286 at Hoylake England
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06 Jul 1956 Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher
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07 Jul 1956 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61)
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07 Jul 1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings
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07 Jul 1956 Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers make the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m).
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08 Jul 1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
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10 Jul 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
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10 Jul 1956 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
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10 Jul 1956 NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington)
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13 Jul 1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Jul 1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
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15 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson / Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
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15 Jul 1956 Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
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16 Jul 1956 King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England
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16 Jul 1956 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
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16 Jul 1956 Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
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16 Jul 1956 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR
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16 Jul 1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
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19 Jul 1956 US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
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20 Jul 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
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20 Jul 1956 France recognizes Tunisia's independence
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20 Jul 1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
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21 Jul 1956 Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
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23 Jul 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
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23 Jul 1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
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24 Jul 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jesey City
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25 Jul 1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill Country Club - Boston
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25 Jul 1956 Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
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25 Jul 1956 Andria Doria collided with MS Stockholm & sank. (7/26?)
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25 Jul 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Stockholm
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25 Jul 1956 Jordanians attack UN Palestine truce
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26 Jul 1956 Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
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26 Jul 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal
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29 Jul 1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
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29 Jul 1956 Cathy Cornelius wins the US Women's Golf Open in a playoff
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29 Jul 1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)
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30 Jul 1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
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30 Jul 1956 A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we trust as the U.S. national motto.
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30 Jul 1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
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31 Jul 1956 Jim Laker becomes the first man to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings as he returns figures of 10/53 in the Australian 2nd innings. This combined with his 9/37 in the first innings gave him match figures of 19/90 in the 4th Test at Old Trafford.
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01 Aug 1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 Aug 1956 Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
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04 Aug 1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph / 338 km/h)
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04 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog"
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04 Aug 1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
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05 Aug 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS / ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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05 Aug 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open
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05 Aug 1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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06 Aug 1956 After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
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07 Aug 1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
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07 Aug 1956 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
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07 Aug 1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
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08 Aug 1956 Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
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08 Aug 1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
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09 Aug 1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
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09 Aug 1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
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10 Aug 1956 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
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11 Aug 1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620
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11 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"
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12 Aug 1956 Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink
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12 Aug 1956 KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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12 Aug 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA World Golf Championship
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12 Aug 1956 William Shatner marries Gloria Rand
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13 Aug 1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Aug 1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
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17 Aug 1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
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18 Aug 1956 Cincinnati Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
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19 Aug 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open
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20 Aug 1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace
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21 Aug 1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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22 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
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22 Aug 1956 President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Republican Convention in San Francisco
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22 Aug 1956 Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
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24 Aug 1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington DC
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25 Aug 1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
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26 Aug 1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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26 Aug 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Denver Golf Open
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26 Aug 1956 Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from Kansas City
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27 Aug 1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
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29 Aug 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
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30 Aug 1956 The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
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30 Aug 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
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01 Sep 1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
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01 Sep 1956 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Sep 1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
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02 Sep 1956 Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings
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02 Sep 1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
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03 Sep 1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
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05 Sep 1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer, New Mexico
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09 Sep 1956 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)
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09 Sep 1956 76th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63)
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09 Sep 1956 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde forms
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09 Sep 1956 Elvis Presley appears on national TV for 1st time (Ed Sullivan)
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09 Sep 1956 Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
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10 Sep 1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast
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10 Sep 1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrate
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11 Sep 1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
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11 Sep 1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher
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11 Sep 1956 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR
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12 Sep 1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
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13 Sep 1956 Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes
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13 Sep 1956 The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
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13 Sep 1956 The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
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14 Sep 1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
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16 Sep 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
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17 Sep 1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
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17 Sep 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year
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18 Sep 1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon
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19 Sep 1956 1st International conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne)
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21 Sep 1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway
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24 Sep 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
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25 Sep 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
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25 Sep 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
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25 Sep 1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used
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25 Sep 1956 TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
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27 Sep 1956 USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
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28 Sep 1956 "Johnny Carson Show, " TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV
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28 Sep 1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
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29 Sep 1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
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29 Sep 1956 "Oh! Susanna, " debuts on CBS-TV
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29 Sep 1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
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30 Sep 1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)
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30 Sep 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
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01 Oct 1956 Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track
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01 Oct 1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
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02 Oct 1956 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
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03 Oct 1956 Sal Maglie and Dodgers defeat Yanks 6-3 in opening game of World Series
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05 Oct 1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
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06 Oct 1956 Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
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06 Oct 1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
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07 Oct 1956 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open
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08 Oct 1956 Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs. Brooklyn
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08 Oct 1956 New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.
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09 Oct 1956 10th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 1-1 at Montreal
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10 Oct 1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi
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11 Oct 1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
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13 Oct 1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins
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14 Oct 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Arkansas Golf Open
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14 Oct 1956 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
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15 Oct 1956 Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
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15 Oct 1956 Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time.
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15 Oct 1956 William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court
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16 Oct 1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres
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16 Oct 1956 William J Brennan Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
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17 Oct 1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
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17 Oct 1956 The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England.
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17 Oct 1956 Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize.
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17 Oct 1956 England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
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19 Oct 1956 The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
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20 Oct 1956 Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft
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21 Oct 1956 Betty Dodd wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
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21 Oct 1956 Mau Mau Uprising: Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is captured by the British Army, signalling the ultimate defeat of the rebellion, and essentially ending the British military campaign.
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22 Oct 1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
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23 Oct 1956 Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
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23 Oct 1956 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast
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23 Oct 1956 Hungarian Revolution began
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23 Oct 1956 Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary
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24 Oct 1956 AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year
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24 Oct 1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes Prime Minister of Hungary
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24 Oct 1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary
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25 Oct 1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him
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26 Oct 1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
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26 Oct 1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution
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28 Oct 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus
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29 Oct 1956 Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
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29 Oct 1956 The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.
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29 Oct 1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
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29 Oct 1956 IDF crosses Egyptian territory in the Sinai
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29 Oct 1956 International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco
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29 Oct 1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
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30 Oct 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
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30 Oct 1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
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31 Oct 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral GJ Dufek
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31 Oct 1956 Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service
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31 Oct 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
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31 Oct 1956 Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal
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01 Nov 1956 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union
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01 Nov 1956 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms
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01 Nov 1956 Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection
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01 Nov 1956 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact
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01 Nov 1956 Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen
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01 Nov 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum
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01 Nov 1956 The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore State are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
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01 Nov 1956 In India, Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu state from Kerala.
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01 Nov 1956 The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
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02 Nov 1956 Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion
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02 Nov 1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham
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03 Nov 1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
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03 Nov 1956 The Khan Yunis killings are perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 275 male Arabs.
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04 Nov 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
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04 Nov 1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
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04 Nov 1956 USSR sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest
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04 Nov 1956 Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
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05 Nov 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt
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05 Nov 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
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05 Nov 1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
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05 Nov 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
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06 Nov 1956 Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary
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06 Nov 1956 President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (D)
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08 Nov 1956 UN demands USSR leave Hungary
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09 Nov 1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
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12 Nov 1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
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13 Nov 1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
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14 Nov 1956 Hungarian revolt put down
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17 Nov 1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs. Colgate)
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17 Nov 1956 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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17 Nov 1956 Fullback Jim Brown, Syracuse, scores 43 pts (NCAA rec) vs Colgate
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18 Nov 1956 Morocco gains independence
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21 Nov 1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award
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22 Nov 1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
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22 Nov 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games
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24 Nov 1956 "Pajama Game" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
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24 Nov 1956 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
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26 Nov 1956 "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
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26 Nov 1956 USSR single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks
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28 Nov 1956 Photography begins on "... & God Created Women"
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29 Nov 1956 "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
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30 Nov 1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
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30 Nov 1956 Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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01 Dec 1956 "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
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01 Dec 1956 Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
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01 Dec 1956 Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
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01 Dec 1956 Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
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02 Dec 1956 Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
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02 Dec 1956 The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
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03 Dec 1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt
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03 Dec 1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
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04 Dec 1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
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04 Dec 1956 The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
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06 Dec 1956 "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances
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06 Dec 1956 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
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06 Dec 1956 A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
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08 Dec 1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
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08 Dec 1956 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
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09 Dec 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
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10 Dec 1956 Establishment of MPLA in Angola
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11 Dec 1956 Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland
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12 Dec 1956 Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign".
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13 Dec 1956 Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires
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14 Dec 1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO
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15 Dec 1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes
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15 Dec 1956 KGW TV channel 8 in Portland OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Dec 1956 WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Dec 1956 "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
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18 Dec 1956 Japan admitted to UN
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18 Dec 1956 "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV
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18 Dec 1956 Japan joins the United Nations.
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18 Dec 1956 Japan admitted to the United Nations
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18 Dec 1956 "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV
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18 Dec 1956 Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai
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18 Dec 1956 Phil Rizzuto signs as New York Yankee radio-TV announcer
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19 Dec 1956 Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
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20 Dec 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
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20 Dec 1956 Montgomery AL, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
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22 Dec 1956 "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
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22 Dec 1956 Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
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22 Dec 1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
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24 Dec 1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication
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24 Dec 1956 Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt
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27 Dec 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
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27 Dec 1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
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28 Dec 1956 Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV
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28 Dec 1956 Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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28 Dec 1956 Dr. Frances Horwich [Miss Frances], Ding Dong School on NBC-TV
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30 Dec 1956 New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game
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