What Happened In February 1956 In History

Historical Events for February, 1956

• 20th » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• 25th » 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.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1956

• 1st » Brahmanandam, Indian actor
• 1st » Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (X (American band) known as X, The Knitters, and Auntie Christ)
• 1st » Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 3rd » John Jefferson, American football player
• 3rd » Nathan Lane, American actor and singer
• 3rd » Lee Ranaldo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sonic Youth)
• 4th » Randy Sidler, American football player
• 5th » Betty Ong, American flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
• 5th » Hector Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 5th » David Wiesner, American author
• 7th » Emo Philips, American comedian
• 7th » Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss (band) called Kiss and White Tiger (band) called White Tiger) (d. 2007)
• 8th » Marques Johnson, American basketball player
• 8th » Kostas Triantafyllopoulos, Greek actor
• 9th » Margaret Gilmore, English journalist
• 9th » Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
• 10th » Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician and diplomat
• 11th » H.R., American singer and guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 11th » Catherine Hickland, American actress and singer
• 11th » Didier Lockwood, French violinist
• 12th » Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
• 12th » Ad Melkert, Dutch politician
• 12th » Brian Robertson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead, and Wild Horses (British band) e.g Wild Horses)
• 13th » Princess Alia bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 13th » Liam Brady, Irish footballer
• 13th » Richard Eden (actor) e.g Richard Eden, Canadian actor
• 13th » Peter Hook, English singer and bass player (Joy Division, New Order, Freebass, Revenge (UK band) called Revenge, and Monaco (band) known as Monaco)
• 13th » Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner
• 14th » Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
• 14th » Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor
• 14th » Tõnu Laigu, Estonian architect
• 15th » Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 15th » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (d. 1992)
• 16th » Vincent Ward (director) named Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
• 17th » Richard Karn, American actor
• 18th » Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
• 18th » Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 18th » Paul Reed Smith, American businessman, founded PRS Guitars
• 19th » Kathleen Beller, American actress
• 19th » Peter Holsapple, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The dBs and The Continental Drifters)
• 19th » Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
• 19th » Dave Wakeling, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beat (British band) known as The Beat and General Public)
• 20th » Rick Green (ice hockey) named Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Hugh Hewitt, American lawyer, author, and radio host
• 23rd » Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 24th » Judith Butler, American philosopher
• 24th » Sharon Kane, American porn actress and director
• 24th » Eddie Murray, American baseball player
• 24th » Peter Pagel, German footballer (d. 2010)
• 24th » Paula Zahn, American journalist
• 26th » Charlélie Couture, French singer
• 26th » Michel Houellebecq, French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
• 26th » Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Southern All-Stars)
• 26th » Jonathan Schmock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Anne Veski, Estonian singer
• 28th » Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
• 28th » Francis Hughes, Irish Republican Army called IRA Volunteer and hunger striker (d. 1981)
• 28th » Terry Leahy, English businessman
• 28th » Guy Maddin, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 28th » Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-Irish footballer and manager
• 28th » Mike Tenay, American sportscaster
• 29th » Jonathan Coleman (presenter) known as Jonathan Coleman, Australian radio host
• 29th » Jerry Fry, American baseball player
• 29th » Bob Speller, Canadian politician, 30th Minister of Agriculture (Canada) e.g Canadian Minister of Agriculture
• 29th » J. Randy Taraborrelli, American journalist and author
• 29th » Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)

Famous Deaths for February 1956

• 1st » David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)
• 2nd » Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 2nd » Truxton Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 2nd » Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 4th » Savielly Tartakower, Polish chess master (b.1887)
• 8th » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 10th » Wilbert Coffin, Canadian murderer (b. 1915)
• 10th » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 10th » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 13th » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1878)
• 15th » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer (b. 1878)
• 18th » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 22nd » Alexandros Svolos, Greek politician (b. 1892)
• 27th » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 28th » Émile Buisson, French gangster (b. 1902)
• 29th » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)

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