1956 Calendar
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1956 Historical Event(s)
February 12, 1956
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
March 1, 1956
– Formation of the National People’s Army
May 1, 1956
– A doctor in Japan reports an “epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system”, marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
May 20, 1956
– In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
May 24, 1956
– Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha’s Parinibbāna.
August 30, 1956
– The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
September 13, 1956
– IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305.
September 27, 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.
October 29, 1956
– The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.
November 4, 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.
Who Were Born On 1956?
January 7, 1956
– Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
January 24, 1956
– Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks)
April 6, 1956
– Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean visual artist
June 4, 1956
– Keith David, American actor
July 13, 1956
– Michael Spinks, American boxer
September 22, 1956
– David Krakauer, clarinetist known for his klezmer compositions
September 29, 1956
– Sebastian Coe, British athlete
October 6, 1956
– Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
December 5, 1956
– Klaus Allofs, German footballer
December 20, 1956
– Blanche Baker, American actress