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| Born : | 12/30/1956 | "Chrie" Samba (Mbimba N'zinga), Zare painter (Pitie la prostitue) |
| Born : | 04/17/1956 | "Sugar" Ray Charles Leonard, Wilmington Del, boxer (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 05/17/1956 | "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Wilmington NC, boxer (Olympic-gold-76) |
| Born : | 02/12/1956 | Ad P Melkert, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 08/19/1956 | Adam Arkin, Bkln, actor (Busting Loose, Pearl, Northern Exposure) |
| Born : | 02/28/1956 | Adrian Dantley, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, 1981, 84 top scorer) |
| Born : | 05/13/1956 | Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kalery, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14) |
| Born : | 12/19/1956 | Alice Barrett, NYC, actress (Frankie Frame-Another World) |
| Born : | 05/19/1956 | Althea Gwyn, WBL center (NY Stars) |
| Born : | 02/22/1956 | Amy Alcott, KC Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1980, 83) |
| Born : | 12/12/1956 | Ana Alicia, Mexico City, actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest) |
| Born : | 01/01/1956 | Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 09/09/1956 | Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12) |
| Born : | 09/16/1956 | Anatoly Beloglazov, USSR, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 04/12/1956 | Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die) |
| Born : | 02/12/1956 | Arsenio Hall, comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America) |
| Born : | 11/15/1956 | Ashley Cox, Dallas Texas, playmate (December, 1977) |
| Born : | 01/04/1956 | Barney Sumner, guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) |
| Born : | 05/31/1956 | Bart of Poppel, bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine) |
| Born : | 06/26/1956 | Bernard A Harris Jr, Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut (STS 55) |
| Born : | 12/04/1956 | Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets) |
| Born : | 10/14/1956 | Beth Daniel, Charleston SC, LPGA golfer (1980 player of year) |
| Born : | 08/28/1956 | Beverley Goddard-Callender, Barbados, 4x100m (Olympic-bronze-1980, 84) |
| Born : | 06/06/1956 | Bjrn Brg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1976-79) |
| Born : | 12/04/1956 | Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 12/20/1956 | Blanche Baker, NYC, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter (French Postcard) |
| Born : | 01/21/1956 | Bob Brill, NYC, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) |
| Born : | 05/17/1956 | Bob Saget, comedian/actor (Danny-Full House, America's Home Videos) |
| Born : | 03/27/1956 | Brian Kelly, CFL wide receiver (Edmonton Eskimos) |
| Born : | 07/17/1956 | Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders) |
| Born : | 05/01/1956 | Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs Ks, actor (Warren-St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 10/21/1956 | Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars) |
| Born : | 04/22/1956 | Catherine Mary Stewart, actress (Passion & Paradise, Riding the Edge) |
| Born : | 02/20/1956 | Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 |
| Born : | 07/20/1956 | Charlie Magri, world champ flyweight boxer (1983) |
| Born : | 08/08/1956 | Chris Foreman, guitar (Madness-1 Step Beyond) |
| Born : | 06/26/1956 | Chris Isaak, US rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game) |
| Born : | 08/19/1956 | Cindy Nelson, US, skier (Olympic-bronze-1976) |
| Born : | 03/11/1956 | Curtis L Brown Jr, Elizabethtown NC, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 47) |
| Born : | 11/--/1956 | Cynthia Rhodes, actress (Dirty Dancing) |
| Born : | 03/12/1956 | Dale Murphy, Portland Ore, Atlanta Braves slugger (2 time NL MVP) |
| Born : | 03/13/1956 | Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach) |
| Born : | 10/23/1956 | Darrell Place, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 02/14/1956 | Dave Dravecky, pitcher (SF Giants), had arm amputated |
| Born : | 08/23/1956 | David A Wolf, Indianapolis Ind, MD/Astronaut (SK:STS 58) |
| Born : | 09/16/1956 | David Copperfield, [Kotkin], US, magician |
| Born : | 08/08/1956 | David Grant, rocker (Heaven Knows) |
| Born : | 09/22/1956 | Debby Boone, Hackensack NJ, singer-had her life lit up |
| Born : | 07/30/1956 | Delta Burke, Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women) |
| Born : | 11/07/1956 | Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer (Farmer's Market) |
| Born : | 06/22/1956 | Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front) |
| Born : | 05/05/1956 | Dick Kemper, bassist (Vandenberg) |
| Born : | 12/29/1956 | Dolf de Vries, musical/director/arranger (Josephine) |
| Born : | 07/26/1956 | Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 11/24/1956 | Doug Davidson, actor (Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 05/22/1956 | Douglas Heyes Jr, LA Calif, actor (Captains & Kings, Aspen) |
| Born : | 10/23/1956 | Dwight Yoakum, country singer (If There Was a Way) |
| Born : | 02/24/1956 | Eddie Murray, 1st baseman (Balt Orioles) |
| Born : | 11/19/1956 | Eileen Marie Collins, Elmira NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut |
| Born : | 11/25/1956 | Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange) |
| Born : | 04/18/1956 | Eric Roberts, Miss, actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies) |
| Born : | 04/04/1956 | Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet) |
| Born : | 04/17/1956 | Faye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars) |
| Born : | 08/05/1956 | Ferdi Bolland, singer/guitarist (B&B) |
| Born : | 02/19/1956 | George David Low, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 32, STS 43) |
| Born : | 05/28/1956 | Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives) |
| Born : | 08/23/1956 | Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer |
| Born : | 08/24/1956 | Gerry Cooney, heavyweight boxer (US Olympics team 1980) |
| Born : | 05/14/1956 | Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, US, sci-fi author (Hawk of May) |
| Born : | 11/19/1956 | Glynis O'Connor, NYC, actress (Calif Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe) |
| Born : | 06/22/1956 | Green [Gartside], rocker (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood) |
| Born : | 05/29/1956 | Greg R, rocker (Bad) |
| Born : | 04/15/1956 | Gregory J Harbaugh, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 39, 54) |
| Born : | 12/14/1956 | Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein, Slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980) |
| Born : | 10/04/1956 | Hans of Breukelen, soccer goaltender (PSV) |
| Born : | 09/03/1956 | Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 10/03/1956 | Hart Bochner, actor (Supergirl, Die Hard) |
| Born : | 12/03/1956 | Heart Boucher, Canada actor |
| Born : | 05/24/1956 | Helen Terry, rocker (Now You're Mine) |
| Born : | 02/14/1956 | Howard Edward Davis Jr, Glen Cove NY, lw boxer (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 11/11/1956 | Ian Craig Marsh, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams) |
| Born : | 09/24/1956 | Ilona Slupianek, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 07/25/1956 | Iman, model/aka Mrs David Bowie/actress (Star Trek VI) |
| Born : | 03/18/1956 | Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980) |
| Born : | 03/14/1956 | Irina D Latysheva, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 08/02/1956 | Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura) |
| Born : | 09/15/1956 | Jaki Graham, British personality |
| Born : | 09/29/1956 | James Donald Halsell Jr, Monroe Louisiana, Mjr USAF/Astronaut |
| Born : | 10/16/1956 | James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, Phd/Astronaut (SK:STS 51) |
| Born : | 02/16/1956 | James Ingram, singer (On the Wings of Love) |
| Born : | 07/05/1956 | James Lofton, NFL wide reciever (Bills, Packers, Raiders) |
| Born : | 10/07/1956 | James Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (Bo-Chisholms) |
| Born : | 10/08/1956 | Janice E Voss, South Bend Ind, Phd/Astronaut (SK:STS 57) |
| Born : | 08/30/1956 | Jayne Irving, English TV hostess |
| Born : | 08/22/1956 | Jeff Lloyd, jockey |
| Born : | 06/27/1956 | Jeff Odintz, horse trainer |
| Born : | 07/02/1956 | Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) |
| Born : | 07/02/1956 | Jerry Hall, Mesquite Tx, model/Mrs Mick Jagger |
| Born : | 07/07/1956 | Jesus Bazan, jockey |
| Born : | 08/20/1956 | Joan Allen, US actress(?) |
| Born : | 06/11/1956 | Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers) |
| Born : | 09/14/1956 | Joe Penny, London, actor (Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake & the Fatman) |
| Born : | 05/26/1956 | Joe Penny, actor (Jake & Fatman) |
| Born : | 06/24/1956 | Joe Penny, actor (Jake & the Fatman) |
| Born : | 04/18/1956 | John James, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Jeff Colby-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 01/20/1956 | John McNally, Columbus GA, US shooter (Olympic-7th-88, 92) |
| Born : | 01/20/1956 | John Phillips Naber, Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-76) |
| Born : | 01/31/1956 | Johnny Rotten, [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) |
| Born : | 02/06/1956 | Jon Walmsley, Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons) |
| Born : | 09/13/1956 | Joni Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) |
| Born : | 07/02/1956 | Julie Montgomery, KC Mo, actress (Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred) |
| Born : | 10/07/1956 | Julio Pezua, jockey |
| Born : | 12/26/1956 | Karen Smith, WBL forward (NY Stars) |
| Born : | 02/11/1956 | Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx) |
| Born : | 07/15/1956 | Kathy Kreiner, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 04/17/1956 | Kaye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars) |
| Born : | 11/14/1956 | Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 50) |
| Born : | 12/28/1956 | Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist (Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator) |
| Born : | 06/05/1956 | Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones) |
| Born : | 08/07/1956 | Kent V Rominger, Del Norte Colo, US Navy Lt Commander/astronaut |
| Born : | 09/16/1956 | Kevin R Kregel, NYC NY, Pilot/astronaut |
| Born : | 08/21/1956 | Kim Cattrall, Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI) |
| Born : | 01/09/1956 | Kimberly Beck Hilton, Glendale Calif, actress (Kim-Peyton Place) |
| Born : | 08/03/1956 | Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) |
| Born : | 04/26/1956 | Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily) |
| Born : | 03/29/1956 | Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata) |
| Born : | 05/29/1956 | La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Playboy, Millipede) |
| Born : | 03/29/1956 | LaToya Jackson, singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy |
| Born : | 12/07/1956 | Larry Bird, hoop star (Boston Celtics) |
| Born : | 05/29/1956 | Larry Blackmon, rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman) |
| Born : | 02/13/1956 | Liam Brady, British soccer player |
| Born : | 11/25/1956 | Liana Vicens, Puerto Rico, 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968) |
| Born : | 09/23/1956 | Lili Carati, Varese Italy, Miss Italy (1975)/actress (Alcove) |
| Born : | 09/26/1956 | Linda Hamilton, Salisbury Md, actress (Catherine-Beauty & the Beast) |
| Born : | 01/26/1956 | Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], singer (Lovers Until the End) |
| Born : | 06/01/1956 | Lisa Hartman, Houston Tx, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing) |
| Born : | 05/27/1956 | Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies) |
| Born : | 07/01/1956 | Lorna Patterson, Whittier Calif, actress (Airplane, Pvt Benjamin) |
| Born : | 11/28/1956 | Lucy Gutteridge, actress (Top Secret, Trouble With Spies) |
| Born : | 10/17/1956 | Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut (STS 47) |
| Born : | 01/13/1956 | Malcolm Foster, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement) |
| Born : | 07/09/1956 | Marc Almond, rocker (Everything I Want Love to Be) |
| Born : | 09/23/1956 | Maren Jensen, Arcadia Calif, actress (Athena-Battlestar Galactica) |
| Born : | 02/23/1956 | Maren Jensen, Glendale Cal, actress (Battlestar Galactica) |
| Born : | 11/21/1956 | Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg |
| Born : | 06/06/1956 | Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing) |
| Born : | 07/13/1956 | Mark "Animal" Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It) |
| Born : | 09/16/1956 | Mark Daniel Gearan, Gardner Mass, campaign manager (Al Gore) |
| Born : | 11/20/1956 | Mark Gastineau, NFL end (NY Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85) |
| Born : | 05/11/1956 | Mark Herndon, rock drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down) |
| Born : | 10/18/1956 | Martina Navratilova, Prague Czech, tennis (Wimbeldon 1989,79,82-87) |
| Born : | 05/19/1956 | Martyn Ware, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams) |
| Born : | 08/25/1956 | Matt Aitken, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) |
| Born : | 07/06/1956 | Matt Bahr, NFL kicker (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 08/05/1956 | Maureen McCormick, actress (Marcia-Brady Bunch) |
| Born : | 09/08/1956 | Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Phila '76ers) |
| Born : | 01/03/1956 | Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) |
| Born : | 07/12/1956 | Mel Harris, [Mary Ellen], Bethlehm Pa, actress (Hope-30 Something) |
| Born : | 04/18/1956 | Melody Thomas Scott, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 04/15/1956 | Michael Cooper, NBA star (LA Lakers) |
| Born : | 12/28/1956 | Michael Gibbons, rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Dont be a Hero) |
| Born : | 09/07/1956 | Michael J Feinstein, pianist (Isn't It Romantic) |
| Born : | 05/04/1956 | Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield Ohio, PhD/astronaut |
| Born : | 04/13/1956 | Michael Nikolay, German DR, gymnist (Olympics) |
| Born : | 11/23/1956 | Michael S Brainard, LA, actor (Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 07/22/1956 | Michael Spinks, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 12/23/1956 | Michele Alboretto, formula-1 racer (Ferrari) |
| Born : | 04/03/1956 | Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer |
| Born : | 07/22/1956 | Mike Pointer, rocker (Marillion) |
| Born : | 06/21/1956 | Mikhail Burtsev, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 07/08/1956 | Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 07/20/1956 | Mima Jausovec, Yugoslavia, tennis player (French Open-1977) |
| Born : | 01/17/1956 | Mitch Vogel, Alhambra Calif, actor (Jamie-Bonanza) |
| Born : | 06/17/1956 | Nicholas Cook, cricketer |
| Born : | 12/28/1956 | Nigel Kennedy, English violinist |
| Born : | 02/03/1956 | Pamela Cossey, England, model/sister of transsexual Tula |
| Born : | 07/29/1956 | Patti Scialfa, singer/Mrs Bruce Springsteen |
| Born : | 10/27/1956 | Patty Sheehan, Middlebury Vt, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year 1981) |
| Born : | 07/20/1956 | Paul Cook, drummer (Sex Pistols) |
| Born : | 01/17/1956 | Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away) |
| Born : | 02/24/1956 | Paula Zahn, Napperville Ill, news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning) |
| Born : | 07/19/1956 | Peter Barton, Valley Stream LI, actor (Powers of Matthew Star) |
| Born : | 02/13/1956 | Peter Hook, rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run) |
| Born : | 03/06/1956 | Peter Roebuck, cricketeer |
| Born : | 01/28/1956 | Peter Schilling, rocker |
| Born : | 07/30/1956 | Phil Fearon, rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You) |
| Born : | 02/09/1956 | Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 12/13/1956 | Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 03/20/1956 | Phillip Oppenhein, British MP |
| Born : | 04/17/1956 | Pillow, [Therese Joan Bell], Calif, bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983) |
| Born : | 06/15/1956 | Polly Draper, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Ellyn-30 Something, Hooters) |
| Born : | 11/08/1956 | Randi Brooks, NYC, actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope) |
| Born : | 09/19/1956 | Rex Smith, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance) |
| Born : | 06/05/1956 | Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Mjr USAF/Astronaut |
| Born : | 04/30/1956 | Richard Farina, folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind) |
| Born : | 04/21/1956 | Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics) |
| Born : | 06/21/1956 | Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs) |
| Born : | 10/17/1956 | Robin L Linschoten, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) |
| Born : | 06/01/1956 | Robin Mattson, actress (Gina-Santa Barbara, Bonnie's Kids, Wolf Lake) |
| Born : | 04/29/1956 | Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star) |
| Born : | 06/30/1956 | Ronald Winans, singer |
| Born : | 01/07/1956 | Rosalyn Bryant, Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 01/06/1956 | Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Never Say Never Again) |
| Born : | 07/08/1956 | Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World) |
| Born : | 09/05/1956 | Sandra Guiboard, US AFB German FR, actress (Donna-One Life to Live) |
| Born : | 11/19/1956 | Scott Jacoby, Chicago Ill, actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High) |
| Born : | 10/08/1956 | Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ |
| Born : | 09/29/1956 | Sebastian Coe, England, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) |
| Born : | 07/11/1956 | Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS) |
| Born : | 09/16/1956 | Sergei Beloglazov, USSR, 57 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 01/01/1956 | Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 11/23/1956 | Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972) |
| Born : | 08/14/1956 | Sharon Bryant, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) |
| Born : | 11/10/1956 | Sinbad, comedian/actor (Different World, At the Apollo) |
| Born : | 12/12/1956 | Sondra Theodore, San Bernadino Cal, playmate (July, 1977) |
| Born : | 03/25/1956 | Sonia M Lannaman, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 08/06/1956 | Stepfanie Kramer, LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter) |
| Born : | 12/24/1956 | Stephanie Hodge, comedian |
| Born : | 10/06/1956 | Stephanie Zimbalist, NYC, actress (Remington Steele, Centennial) |
| Born : | 09/05/1956 | Steve Denton, world's fastest tennis serve-138 mph) |
| Born : | 05/19/1956 | Steve Ford, actor (Young & Restless)/son of Pres Gerald Ford |
| Born : | 05/27/1956 | Steve Pagano, horse trainer |
| Born : | 12/02/1956 | Steven Bauer, Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts) |
| Born : | 04/19/1956 | Sue Barker, England, tennis star |
| Born : | 10/19/1956 | Sue Barker, tennis pro (French Open 1976) |
| Born : | 05/17/1956 | Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist |
| Born : | 06/--/1956 | Sultan Salmon al-Saud, Saudi Arabia, astronaut (STS 51G) |
| Born : | 06/03/1956 | Suren Nalbandyan, USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 05/28/1956 | Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988) |
| Born : | 12/14/1956 | T K Carter, LA Calif, actor (Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck) |
| Born : | 03/26/1956 | Tatyana Kochergina, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
| Born : | 09/15/1956 | Tawny Elaine Godin, Portland Maine, Miss America (1976) |
| Born : | 09/15/1956 | Tawny Schneider, Portland Me, newscaster (Eye on Hollywood) |
| Born : | 11/21/1956 | Terri Welles, [Knepper], Calif, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980) |
| Born : | 03/27/1956 | Thomas Wassberg, Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 10/30/1956 | Tim Roemer, (Rep-D-Indiana) |
| Born : | 03/01/1956 | Timothy Daly, Sufferin NY, actor (Almost Grown, Diner, Made in Heaven) |
| Born : | 07/09/1956 | Tom Hanks, Concord Calif, actor (Bossom Buddies, Big, Punchline) |
| Born : | 11/18/1956 | Tony Franklin, NFL kicker (Phila Eagles, New England Patriots) |
| Born : | 05/04/1956 | Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt W Germany, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 01/15/1956 | Vera Sosulya, USSR, toboggan (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 08/06/1956 | Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes) |
| Died : | 05/26/1956 | Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 |
| Died : | 04/30/1956 | Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 08/02/1956 | Albert Woolson, burden veteran US Union army, dies at 109 |
| Died : | 08/25/1956 | Alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies |
| Died : | 06/25/1956 | Alfred C Kinsey, Us zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 |
| Died : | 09/21/1956 | Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez |
| Died : | 05/20/1956 | Andr Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies |
| Died : | 11/05/1956 | Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles |
| Died : | 11/04/1956 | Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies |
| Died : | 08/14/1956 | Bertold Brecht, German writer (Dreigroschenoper/Mother Courage), dies |
| Died : | 04/10/1956 | Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 06/26/1956 | Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter, dies at 25 |
| Died : | 09/23/1956 | Earl Godwin, newscaster (Meet the Veep), dies at 75 |
| Died : | 04/26/1956 | Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 04/15/1956 | Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies |
| Died : | 01/27/1956 | Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies |
| Died : | 04/19/1956 | Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 69 |
| Died : | 02/27/1956 | Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 |
| Died : | 03/17/1956 | Fred Allen, comedian (Colgate Comedy Hour), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 08/14/1956 | Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies |
| Died : | 04/04/1956 | Fritz Knkel, German physician, dies |
| Died : | 07/08/1956 | Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies |
| Died : | 02/19/1956 | Gustave Charpentier, French composer (La Vie du Pote), dies at 95 |
| Died : | 01/29/1956 | H L Mencken, satirist, critic, dies in Baltimore at 75 |
| Died : | 03/17/1956 | Irne Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Neutron, Nobel 1935), dies |
| Died : | 04/20/1956 | Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies |
| Died : | 08/11/1956 | Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) |
| Died : | 01/30/1956 | Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 01/12/1956 | John Raedecker, sculptor (National monument of the Dutch Dam), dies |
| Died : | 10/05/1956 | Joseph Erlanger, US doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies |
| Died : | 04/12/1956 | Jos Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alc zar 1936), dies |
| Died : | 06/07/1956 | Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies |
| Died : | 11/01/1956 | Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 12/21/1956 | Lewis M Terman, US, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies |
| Died : | 09/26/1956 | Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin (Martin Luther), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/29/1956 | Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 06/19/1956 | Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies |
| Died : | 04/19/1956 | Lon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52 |
| Died : | 06/06/1956 | Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 75 |
| Died : | 07/12/1956 | Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 05/20/1956 | Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies |
| Died : | 09/27/1956 | Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash |
| Died : | 09/27/1956 | Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias, great female athlete, dies at 42 |
| Died : | 01/22/1956 | P A M Speet, director of KRO, dies |
| Died : | 02/22/1956 | Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], French writer (Petit ami), dies |
| Died : | 04/02/1956 | Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies |
| Died : | 10/30/1956 | Pio Baroja, Spanish writer (Cser or Nothing), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 07/09/1956 | Rene Erds, Hungarian literary (Le ny lmok [Dream Girl]), dies |
| Died : | 10/25/1956 | Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 02/05/1956 | Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 |
| Died : | 10/01/1956 | Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 |
| Died : | 04/03/1956 | T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed |
| Died : | 11/11/1956 | Victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 11/22/1956 | Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies |
| Died : | 09/08/1956 | Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 10/06/1956 | Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 03/03/1956 | Willem H Keesom, physicist (Helium I/II), dies |
| Died : | 07/18/1956 | Willem Kerncamp, Dutch overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57 |
| Special : | 12/24/1956 | "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication |
| Special : | 03/05/1956 | "King Kong," 1st televised |
| Special : | 03/15/1956 | "My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway (NYC) |
| Special : | 02/10/1956 | "My Friend Flicka" premiers on CBS (later NBC) TV |
| Special : | 11/03/1956 | "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) |
| Special : | 02/09/1956 | -5ø F (15ø C) in Sicily |
| Special : | 02/28/1956 | 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass |
| Special : | 03/20/1956 | 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends |
| Special : | 12/08/1956 | 16th Olympic games end in Melbourne |
| Special : | 06/10/1956 | 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm |
| Special : | 11/22/1956 | 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne |
| Special : | 10/31/1956 | 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek |
| Special : | 04/19/1956 | 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium |
| Special : | 10/02/1956 | 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC |
| Special : | 06/28/1956 | 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill |
| Special : | 08/11/1956 | 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 |
| Special : | 09/19/1956 | 1st intl conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) |
| Special : | 08/04/1956 | 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) |
| Special : | 08/24/1956 | 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC |
| Special : | 09/14/1956 | 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC |
| Special : | 08/09/1956 | 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama |
| Special : | 12/08/1956 | 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0 |
| Special : | 09/24/1956 | 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) |
| Special : | 09/25/1956 | 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation |
| Special : | 10/23/1956 | 1st video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast |
| Special : | 09/05/1956 | 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM |
| Special : | 11/04/1956 | 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest |
| Special : | 01/22/1956 | 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles |
| Special : | 06/03/1956 | 3rd class travel on British Railways abolished |
| Special : | 06/25/1956 | 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) |
| Special : | 10/20/1956 | 58ø F (15ø C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) |
| Special : | 04/08/1956 | 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradies Is SC |
| Special : | 07/10/1956 | 650,000 US steel workers go on strike |
| Special : | 01/26/1956 | 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
| Special : | 01/25/1956 | 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) |
| Special : | 01/24/1956 | 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) |
| Special : | 05/03/1956 | A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') |
| Special : | 08/16/1956 | Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate |
| Special : | 09/09/1956 | African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms |
| Special : | 05/26/1956 | Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 |
| Special : | 04/14/1956 | Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder |
| Special : | 07/25/1956 | Andria Doria collided with MS Stockholm & sank. (7/26?) |
| Special : | 12/11/1956 | Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin & Wroclaw Poland |
| Special : | 06/21/1956 | Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere |
| Special : | 03/09/1956 | Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus exiled to Seychelles |
| Special : | 05/20/1956 | Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll |
| Special : | 02/03/1956 | Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot |
| Special : | 02/07/1956 | Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled |
| Special : | 05/07/1956 | Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 |
| Special : | 07/23/1956 | Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph |
| Special : | 09/07/1956 | Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ |
| Special : | 03/19/1956 | Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 |
| Special : | 11/22/1956 | Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games |
| Special : | 12/27/1956 | Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games |
| Special : | 05/12/1956 | Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0 |
| Special : | 09/12/1956 | Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school |
| Special : | 09/17/1956 | Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school |
| Special : | 01/08/1956 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken |
| Special : | 07/14/1956 | Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 |
| Special : | 10/31/1956 | Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal |
| Special : | 11/05/1956 | Britain & France land forces in Egypt |
| Special : | 02/16/1956 | Britain abolishes death penality |
| Special : | 08/07/1956 | British govt routes 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt |
| Special : | 09/25/1956 | Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Phila Phillies, 5-0 |
| Special : | 10/31/1956 | Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service |
| Special : | 01/20/1956 | Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville |
| Special : | 04/17/1956 | Bulgaria premier Tsjervenkov resigns |
| Special : | 05/30/1956 | Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida |
| Special : | 08/12/1956 | Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink |
| Special : | 05/28/1956 | Carl Erskine becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games |
| Special : | 07/29/1956 | Cathy Cornelius wins US Women's Golf Open in a playoff |
| Special : | 06/29/1956 | Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif |
| Special : | 10/29/1956 | Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up |
| Special : | 02/06/1956 | Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing |
| Special : | 09/11/1956 | Cin Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR |
| Special : | 07/21/1956 | Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins |
| Special : | 08/18/1956 | Cin Reds (8) & Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game |
| Special : | 09/02/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) |
| Special : | 08/27/1956 | Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game |
| Special : | 03/22/1956 | Death penalty against KPM-director Lon Jungschlaeger |
| Special : | 11/01/1956 | Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union |
| Special : | 07/16/1956 | Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million |
| Special : | 07/09/1956 | Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand |
| Special : | 09/13/1956 | Dike near Eastern Flevoland closes |
| Special : | 10/08/1956 | Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect world series game, vs Brooklyn |
| Special : | 11/05/1956 | Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized |
| Special : | 08/07/1956 | Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die |
| Special : | 05/12/1956 | East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves |
| Special : | 04/18/1956 | Egypt & Israel agree to a ceasefire |
| Special : | 07/26/1956 | Egypt seizes Suez Canal |
| Special : | 01/16/1956 | Egyptian Pres Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine |
| Special : | 09/09/1956 | Elvis Presley appears on national TV for 1st time (Ed Sullivan) |
| Special : | 07/02/1956 | Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel" |
| Special : | 01/01/1956 | Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville |
| Special : | 08/11/1956 | Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" |
| Special : | 07/01/1956 | Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show |
| Special : | 04/25/1956 | Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 |
| Special : | 01/28/1956 | Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) |
| Special : | 02/22/1956 | Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| Special : | 01/10/1956 | Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| Special : | 01/28/1956 | Elvis' 1st TV appearance "Dorsey Brothers Show" |
| Special : | 12/15/1956 | Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes |
| Special : | 12/03/1956 | England & France pull troops out of Egypt |
| Special : | 10/17/1956 | England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens |
| Special : | 07/18/1956 | Ern Ger succeeds Matyas R kosi as party leader of Hungary |
| Special : | 06/05/1956 | Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const |
| Special : | 06/29/1956 | Federal interstate highway system act signed |
| Special : | 02/27/1956 | Female suffrage in Egypt |
| Special : | 12/24/1956 | Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt |
| Special : | 12/02/1956 | Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba |
| Special : | 08/08/1956 | Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium |
| Special : | 02/28/1956 | Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory |
| Special : | 10/22/1956 | France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella |
| Special : | 07/05/1956 | France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria |
| Special : | 07/20/1956 | France recognizes Tunisia's independence |
| Special : | 03/27/1956 | French commandos land in Algeria |
| Special : | 08/29/1956 | French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis |
| Special : | 04/11/1956 | French govt sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria |
| Special : | 05/10/1956 | French govt sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria |
| Special : | 01/02/1956 | French parliamentary election (leftward swing) |
| Special : | 11/17/1956 | Fullback Jim Brown, Syracuse, scores 43 pts (NCAA rec) vs Colgate |
| Special : | 06/23/1956 | Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt |
| Special : | 03/10/1956 | General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios |
| Special : | 01/18/1956 | German DR forms own army (National Volksarmee) |
| Special : | 06/21/1956 | German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners |
| Special : | 09/07/1956 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2160 Spitzer & #2165 Young |
| Special : | 09/29/1956 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3447 |
| Special : | 04/18/1956 | Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony) |
| Special : | 07/20/1956 | Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam |
| Special : | 12/08/1956 | Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks |
| Special : | 01/26/1956 | Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to the Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 10/20/1956 | Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft |
| Special : | 09/08/1956 | Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks |
| Special : | 11/30/1956 | Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in Chicago |
| Special : | 04/27/1956 | Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing |
| Special : | 12/07/1956 | Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel |
| Special : | 11/06/1956 | Holland & Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary |
| Special : | 10/23/1956 | Hungarian Revolution began |
| Special : | 05/18/1956 | Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy |
| Special : | 11/14/1956 | Hungarian revolt put down |
| Special : | 11/02/1956 | Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion |
| Special : | 07/01/1956 | Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan |
| Special : | 07/04/1956 | Independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia |
| Special : | 11/01/1956 | Indian state of Madhya Pradesh formed |
| Special : | 09/01/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory |
| Special : | 11/01/1956 | Indian states of Punjab, Patiala & PEPSU merge as Punjab protection |
| Special : | 06/27/1956 | Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings |
| Special : | 02/14/1956 | Indonesia resigns from out Neth-Indonesian Union |
| Special : | 12/01/1956 | Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns |
| Special : | 03/03/1956 | Indonesian govt of Harahap resigns |
| Special : | 10/29/1956 | International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco |
| Special : | 02/29/1956 | Islamic Republic established in Pakistan |
| Special : | 10/30/1956 | Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad |
| Special : | 11/02/1956 | Israel captures Gaza & Sheham |
| Special : | 11/04/1956 | Israel captures Straits of Tiran & reach Suez Canal Egypt |
| Special : | 10/29/1956 | Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran |
| Special : | 07/25/1956 | Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Stockholm |
| Special : | 07/26/1956 | Italian passenger ship Andrea Doria sinks, 52 die |
| Special : | 07/25/1956 | Jack Burke wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 07/29/1956 | Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) |
| Special : | 12/18/1956 | Japan admitted to UN |
| Special : | 05/05/1956 | Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in LA Calif |
| Special : | 10/01/1956 | Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track |
| Special : | 07/25/1956 | Jordan attacks UN Palestine force |
| Special : | 01/14/1956 | Jordan government signs Pact of Baghdad |
| Special : | 01/31/1956 | Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil |
| Special : | 09/09/1956 | K Reinmuth & I Groenevel discovers asteroid #1691 Oort |
| Special : | 03/09/1956 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1990 Pilcher |
| Special : | 10/--/1956 | KDIX TV (now KXMA) channel 2 in Dickinson, ND (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 09/01/1956 | KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/13/1956 | KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/03/1956 | KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 05/10/1956 | KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/06/1956 | KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/03/1956 | KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/15/1956 | KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1956 | KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/09/1956 | KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 12/--/1956 | KLEW TV channel 3 in Lewiston, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1956 | KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/12/1956 | KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/01/1956 | KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/01/1956 | KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/26/1956 | KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/22/1956 | KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/30/1956 | KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/30/1956 | KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/05/1956 | KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/15/1956 | KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/--/1956 | KXII TV channel 12 in Ardmore/Sherman-Denis, OK (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 02/13/1956 | KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives cals to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland |
| Special : | 09/30/1956 | KZTV TV channel 10 in Corpus Christi, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/16/1956 | Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR |
| Special : | 02/25/1956 | Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference |
| Special : | 02/14/1956 | Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference |
| Special : | 05/16/1956 | Kraft Theatre presents an act from "Profiles in Courage" |
| Special : | 11/12/1956 | Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted |
| Special : | 12/22/1956 | Last British/French troops leave Egypt |
| Special : | 04/28/1956 | Last French troop leave Vietnam |
| Special : | 07/16/1956 | Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent |
| Special : | 06/18/1956 | Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal |
| Special : | 01/14/1956 | Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti" |
| Special : | 09/10/1956 | Louisville Ky public schools integrates |
| Special : | 04/08/1956 | M Bandaranaikes People's front wins election in Ceylon |
| Special : | 10/12/1956 | Marga Klomp becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister |
| Special : | 01/30/1956 | Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed |
| Special : | 05/31/1956 | Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof |
| Special : | 03/03/1956 | Miguel Bos, Panama, spanish actor (Lo Mejor del A€o) |
| Special : | 12/20/1956 | Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra |
| Special : | 04/10/1956 | Montreal Canadiens beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 11/18/1956 | Morocco gains independence |
| Special : | 03/03/1956 | Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) |
| Special : | 03/02/1956 | Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fz, declares independence from France |
| Special : | 03/20/1956 | Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Penninsula (USSR) explodes |
| Special : | 07/10/1956 | NL beats AL 7-3 in 23rd All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington) |
| Special : | 12/30/1956 | NY Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 11/01/1956 | Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact |
| Special : | 12/06/1956 | Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Afr |
| Special : | 08/04/1956 | Netherlands forgives Indonesia's debts |
| Special : | 11/01/1956 | Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain & Bardeen |
| Special : | 10/10/1956 | On Skowron's grand slammer NY Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7 |
| Special : | 06/21/1956 | Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters |
| Special : | 09/02/1956 | Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings |
| Special : | 06/29/1956 | PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) |
| Special : | 03/23/1956 | Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) |
| Special : | 06/13/1956 | Parliamentary election: Dutch democratics 50/KVP 49 |
| Special : | 12/04/1956 | Paul Hornung wins Heisman Trophy |
| Special : | 12/14/1956 | Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO |
| Special : | 03/10/1956 | Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) |
| Special : | 04/07/1956 | Philadelphia beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 09/30/1956 | Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR |
| Special : | 04/06/1956 | Polish communist Gomulka resigns |
| Special : | 01/26/1956 | Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR |
| Special : | 04/17/1956 | Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain |
| Special : | 08/22/1956 | Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF |
| Special : | 11/06/1956 | Pres Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (D) |
| Special : | 02/29/1956 | Pres Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term |
| Special : | 05/07/1956 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett |
| Special : | 12/06/1956 | Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2789 |
| Special : | 05/04/1956 | Queen Juliana unveals National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 02/09/1956 | R Lacoste follows Catroux on as premier of Algeria |
| Special : | 06/13/1956 | Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup |
| Special : | 08/20/1956 | Republicans convene at Cow Palace |
| Special : | 10/23/1956 | Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary |
| Special : | 06/28/1956 | Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die |
| Special : | 02/23/1956 | Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin |
| Special : | 01/09/1956 | Samir el-Rifai forms govt in Jordan |
| Special : | 04/11/1956 | Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites |
| Special : | 04/02/1956 | Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV |
| Special : | 08/09/1956 | South African women demonstrate against pass laws |
| Special : | 10/24/1956 | Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes PM of Hungary |
| Special : | 04/07/1956 | Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco |
| Special : | 06/04/1956 | Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public |
| Special : | 01/01/1956 | Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK |
| Special : | 03/23/1956 | Sudan becomes independent |
| Special : | 11/13/1956 | Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses |
| Special : | 09/03/1956 | Tanks are deployed against racial demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee |
| Special : | 02/03/1956 | Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events |
| Special : | 09/25/1956 | Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used |
| Special : | 03/20/1956 | Tunisia gains independence from France |
| Special : | 02/06/1956 | U of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) |
| Special : | 03/23/1956 | U of SF wins its 2nd consecutive national championship in basketball |
| Special : | 11/08/1956 | UN demands USSR leave Hungary |
| Special : | 10/26/1956 | UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved |
| Special : | 05/02/1956 | US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus |
| Special : | 05/02/1956 | US Methodist church disallows race separation |
| Special : | 04/23/1956 | US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses |
| Special : | 04/19/1956 | US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III |
| Special : | 05/21/1956 | US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll |
| Special : | 07/04/1956 | US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland |
| Special : | 07/30/1956 | US motto "In God We Trust" authorized |
| Special : | 07/19/1956 | US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam |
| Special : | 03/27/1956 | US seizes US communistic newspaper "Daily Worker" |
| Special : | 11/04/1956 | USSR threatens to bomb Budapest |
| Special : | 04/17/1956 | USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves |
| Special : | 06/30/1956 | United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 |
| Special : | 02/15/1956 | Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland |
| Special : | 02/14/1956 | Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch Elfstedentocht skate |
| Special : | 10/26/1956 | Vietnam promulgates its constitution |
| Special : | 04/01/1956 | Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380 |
| Special : | 10/13/1956 | WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins |
| Special : | 08/13/1956 | WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/13/1956 | WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/29/1956 | WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, FL (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/05/1956 | WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/08/1956 | WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/08/1956 | WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins |
| Special : | 05/29/1956 | WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 06/24/1956 | WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/21/1956 | WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/25/1956 | WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/20/1956 | WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/15/1956 | WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/06/1956 | WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1956 | WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/01/1956 | WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/29/1956 | WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/10/1956 | WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 08/21/1956 | WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/29/1956 | WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/02/1956 | Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service |
| Special : | 03/09/1956 | Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England |
| Special : | 08/30/1956 | White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas |
| Special : | 10/15/1956 | William J Brennan Jr appointed to Supreme Court |
| Special : | 10/16/1956 | William J Brennan Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice |
| Special : | 08/12/1956 | William Shatner marries Gloria Rand |
| Special : | 01/21/1956 | William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker |
| Special : | 04/17/1956 | Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament |
| Special : | 08/03/1956 | Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1 |
| Special : | 12/03/1956 | Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52) |
| Special : | 05/23/1956 | World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF |
| Special : | 05/05/1956 | World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo |
| Special : | 02/26/1956 | Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge |
| Special : | 07/20/1956 | Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs |
| Special : | 10/15/1956 | Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series |
| Special : | 09/17/1956 | Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year |
| Special : | 10/05/1956 | Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam |
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