What Happened In January 1956 In History

Historical Events for January, 1956

• 1st » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• 1st » A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
• 3rd » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• 8th » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionary known as missionaries are killed by the Huaorani people or Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• 16th » President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
• 28th » Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance

Famous Birthdays on January in 1956

• 1st » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian astronaut
• 1st » Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (d. 2000)
• 1st » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician
• 1st » Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer
• 1st » Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956) called Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1st » Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
• 1st » Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
• 2nd » Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
• 2nd » John Bedford Lloyd, American actor
• 2nd » Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Sam Laidlaw, English businessman
• 3rd » Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver
• 4th » Alex Cline, American drummer
• 4th » Nels Cline, American guitarist and songwriter (Wilco)
• 4th » Sarojini Sahoo, Indian feminist writer
• 4th » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic (band) named Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant (band) or Bad Lieutenant)
• 5th » Chen Kenichi, Japanese-Chinese chef
• 5th » Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer
• 5th » Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German politician
• 6th » Angus Deayton, English comedian and actor
• 6th » Elizabeth Strout, American author
• 6th » Justin Welby, English archbishop
• 6th » Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
• 7th » David Caruso, American actor and producer
• 7th » Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
• 7th » Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
• 7th » Kostas Petropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
• 9th » Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 9th » Imelda Staunton, English actress
• 9th » Mike Walczewski, American announcer
• 10th » Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 10th » Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
• 11th » Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
• 11th » Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
• 11th » Paul McKeever (police officer) called Paul McKeever, German-English police officer (d. 2013)
• 12th » Marie Colvin, American journalist (d. 2012)
• 13th » Janet Hubert, American actress
• 14th » Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 14th » Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
• 14th » Rosina Lippi, American author
• 15th » Miki Fujimura, Japanese singer (Candies (group) or Candies)
• 15th » Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
• 15th » Mayawati, Indian politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 15th » Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
• 16th » Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
• 16th » Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
• 16th » Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager
• 16th » Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
• 17th » Damian Green, English politician
• 17th » Mitch Vogel, American actor
• 17th » Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Q-Tips (band) or Q-Tips)
• 19th » Carman (singer) e.g Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
• 20th » Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician
• 20th » Bill Maher, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 21st » Robby Benson, American actor
• 21st » Geena Davis, American actress
• 22nd » Steve Riley (drummer) Steve Riley, American drummer (L.A. Guns, W.A.S.P., Keel (band) Keel, and Steppenwolf (band) Steppenwolf)
• 22nd » John Wesley Shipp, American actor
• 24th » Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and actress (Bobbysocks)
• 24th » Lounès Matoub, Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 24th » Jack Neo, Singaporean actor and director
• 25th » Andy Cox, English guitarist (The Beat (British band) or The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals)
• 27th » Mimi Rogers, American actress
• 29th » Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 29th » Irlene Mandrell, American actress and singer
• 30th » Jeremy Gittins, English actor
• 30th » Darko Rundek, Croatian-French singer-songwriter and actor (Haustor)
• 30th » Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese race car driver
• 31st » John Lydon, English singer-songwriter (Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd)

Famous Deaths for January 1956

• 3rd » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864)
• 3rd » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 3rd » Joseph Wirth, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 5th » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 8th » Jim Elliot, American missionary (b. 1928)
• 12th » Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
• 13th » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 17th » Blind Alfred Reed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1880)
• 18th » Konstantin Päts, Estonian politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 21st » Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
• 23rd » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
• 27th » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1890)
• 29th » H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
• 31st » A. A. Milne, English author (b. 1882)

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