What Happened In December 1956 In History

Historical Events for December, 1956

• 4th » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time.
• 6th » A violent Blood In The Water match called water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
• 9th » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
• 18th » Japan joins the United Nations.
• 19th » 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.
• 22nd » Colo (gorilla) called Colo, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity (animal) named captivity, is born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
• 28th » Chin Peng, David Marshall (Singaporean politician) David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Federation of Malaya Malaya to Baling Talks try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1956

• 1st » Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 2nd » Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
• 4th » Nia Griffith, Irish-Welsh educator and politician
• 4th » Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 5th » Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
• 5th » Brian Backer, American actor
• 5th » Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
• 5th » Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist and educator
• 6th » Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods (band) e.g Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara (band) named Tuatara, Tired Pony, and The Baseball Project)
• 6th » Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer
• 6th » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot) (d. 1982)
• 7th » Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
• 8th » Warren Cuccurullo, American guitarist (Duran Duran, Missing Persons (band) e.g Missing Persons, TV Mania, and Chicanery)
• 8th » Andrew Edge English drummer (Thompson Twins, Uropa Lula, and Savage Progress)
• 9th » Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
• 10th » Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
• 10th » Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
• 10th » Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
• 10th » Jan van Dijk (footballer) e.g Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
• 11th » Lani Brockman, American actress and director, founded Studio East
• 11th » Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 12th » Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
• 13th » Dale Berra, American baseball player
• 13th » Majida El Roumi, Lebanese soprano and actress
• 13th » Phil Hubbard, American basketball player and coach
• 14th » Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician
• 14th » Hanni Wenzel, German skier
• 15th » Tony Leon, South African politician
• 15th » William Orbit, English keyboard player and producer (Torch Song and Bassomatic)
• 16th » E. B. Lewis (illustrator) called E. B. Lewis, American illustrator
• 17th » Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 17th » Dominic Lawson, English journalist
• 18th » Ron White, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager
• 19th » Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician (d. 2012)
• 20th » Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, List of heads of state of Mauritania known as President of Mauritania
• 20th » Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 20th » Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
• 21st » Anna Erlandsson, Swedish filmmaker and animator
• 21st » Phil Harris (fisherman) called Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Erica Boyer, American porn actress (d. 2009)
• 22nd » Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
• 23rd » Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
• 23rd » Dave Murray (musician) named Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden and Urchin (band) or Urchin)
• 26th » David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
• 28th » Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
• 29th » Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
• 30th » Suzy Bogguss, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 30th » Claudia di Girolamo, Chilean actress
• 30th » Patricia Kalember, American actress
• 30th » Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
• 31st » Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
• 31st » Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
• 31st » Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian runner

Famous Deaths for December 1956

• 3rd » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author (b. 1908)
• 3rd » Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 6th » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Ministry of Law and Justice (India) or Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 6th » John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873)
• 7th » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 10th » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet (b. 1891)
• 14th » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)
• 16th » Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
• 20th » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 25th » Robert Walser (writer) named Robert Walser, Swiss author (b. 1878)
• 27th » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 28th » Marjorie Fielding, English actress (b. 1892)
• 28th » Louis Handley, Italian-American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1874)

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