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1956 Calendar

1956 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
26272829   
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     

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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