1956 Calendar
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1956 Historical Event(s)
- January 1, 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
- February 12, 1956 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 25, 1956 – In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
- April 19, 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- June 11, 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.
- July 26, 1956 – Following the World Bank’s refusal to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
- September 4, 1956 – The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
- October 19, 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.
- December 19, 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.
Who Were Born On 1956?
- February 8, 1956 – Dave Meros, American bassist (Spock’s Beard)
- March 11, 1956 – Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
- April 6, 1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean visual artist
- May 11, 1956 – Alex Lester, British broadcaster
- May 22, 1956 – Al Corley, American actor and producer
- May 29, 1956 – LaToya Jackson, American singer
- July 15, 1956 – Ian Curtis, British singer and songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
- August 29, 1956 – Mark Morris, American choreographer
- August 31, 1956 – Maria Balazova, Slovak painter
- September 18, 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author