2nd » '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.
3rd » Hudsonville-Standale Tornado of April 1956 named Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly Fujita scale e.g F5 tornado.
5th » Fidel Castro declares himself at war with President of Cuba called Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
5th » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and Solomon Bandaranaike e.g S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
7th » Spain relinquishes its Spanish Morocco called protectorate in Morocco.
14th » In Chicago, Quadruplex videotape named videotape is first demonstrated.
19th » Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco known as Prince Rainier of Monaco.
30th » Former Vice President and 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."
Famous Birthdays on April in 1956
1st » Jeffrey Beecroft, American production designer
3rd » Miguel Bosé, Spanish-Italian singer and actor
3rd » Ray Combs, American actor and game show host (d. 1996)
3rd » Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
3rd » Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer