What Happened In August 1956 In History

Historical Events for August, 1956

• 6th » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Rink e.g St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the 'Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena' series.
• 30th » The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1956

• 1st » Janet Beer, English academic
• 1st » Ok-Hee Ku, South Korean golfer (d. 2013)
• 1st » Tom Leykis, American radio host
• 1st » Lewis Smith, American actor
• 2nd » Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
• 2nd » Jim Neidhart, American wrestler
• 2nd » Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer and actress
• 3rd » Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny (band) known as Spear of Destiny, and Dead Men Walking)
• 3rd » Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
• 4th » Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 5th » Christopher Chessun, English bishop
• 5th » Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Maureen McCormick, American actress and singer
• 6th » Bill Emmott, English journalist
• 6th » Stepfanie Kramer, American actress and singer
• 7th » Sharon Isbin, American guitarist
• 8th » Chris Foreman, English guitarist and songwriter (Madness (band) named Madness)
• 8th » David Grant (singer) or David Grant, English singer (Linx (band) or Linx)
• 8th » Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
• 10th » José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 10th » Fred Ottman, American wrestler
• 10th » Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 10th » Peter Robbins (actor) e.g Peter Robbins, American actor
• 10th » Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman
• 11th » Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
• 12th » Bruce Greenwood, Canadian-American actor
• 12th » Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 14th » Jackée Harry, American actress and director
• 14th » Andy King (footballer, born 1956) known as Andy King, English footballer and manager
• 14th » Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
• 15th » Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
• 15th » Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
• 15th » Robert Syms, English politician
• 16th » Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician
• 16th » Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist
• 17th » Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 17th » Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
• 18th » John Debney, American composer and conductor
• 18th » Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach
• 18th » Jon Schwartz (drummer) called Jon Schwartz, American drummer and producer
• 18th » Kelly Willard, American singer-songwriter
• 18th » Rainer Woelki, German cardinal
• 19th » Adam Arkin, American actor, director, and producer
• 19th » José Rubén Zamora, Guatemalan journalist, founded 'Siglo Veintiuno' and 'El Periódico (Guatemala) e.g El Periódico'
• 20th » Joan Allen, American actress
• 20th » Alvin Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer
• 20th » Desmond Swayne, English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 21st » Kim Cattrall, English-American actress and producer
• 21st » Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
• 22nd » Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
• 23rd » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
• 23rd » Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture (Norway) called Norwegian Minister of Culture
• 23rd » Robert L. Manahan, American actor (d. 2000)
• 23rd » Hans-Jürgen Salewski, German footballer
• 23rd » Skipp Sudduth, American actor
• 24th » John Culberson, American lawyer and politician
• 24th » Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright
• 24th » Kevin Dunn, American actor
• 25th » Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 25th » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
• 26th » Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
• 26th » Brett Cullen, American actor
• 26th » Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
• 28th » Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 29th » GG Allin, American singer-songwriter (The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers) (d. 1993)
• 29th » Mark Morris (choreographer) known as Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
• 29th » Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
• 31st » Mária Balážová, Slovak painter
• 31st » Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director (Rats & Star)

Famous Deaths for August 1956

• 11th » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 14th » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 16th » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 24th » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 24th » Mitchell Lewis, American actor (b. 1880)
• 25th » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 26th » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)

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