What Happened In March 1956 In History

Historical Events for March, 1956

• 1st » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
• 2nd » Morocco gains its independence from France.
• 15th » 'My Fair Lady' receives its premiere performance on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
• 20th » Tunisia gains independence from France.
• 23rd » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day March 23rd in Pakistan or Republic Day in Pakistan)

Famous Birthdays on March in 1956

• 1st » Helen Boaden, English broadcaster
• 1st » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1st » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1st » Mark Todd (equestrian) named Mark Todd, New Zealand horse rider
• 2nd » John Cowsill, American singer and drummer (The Cowsills)
• 2nd » Mark Evans (musician) Mark Evans, Australian bass player (AC/DC, Finch (Australian band) Finch, and Heaven (Australian band) Heaven)
• 3rd » Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
• 3rd » Julia Glass, American author
• 4th » Kermit Driscoll, American bassist
• 5th » Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress and director
• 5th » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
• 5th » Marco Paolini, Italian actor and author
• 5th » Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
• 7th » Bryan Cranston, American actor, director, and producer
• 7th » Andrea Levy, English author
• 8th » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)
• 8th » John Kapelos, Canadian actor
• 9th » Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
• 9th » Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician
• 9th » David Willetts, English politician
• 10th » Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 10th » Robert Llewellyn, English actor and author
• 11th » Curtis Brown, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 11th » Joey Buttafuoco, American businessman
• 11th » Rob Paulsen, American voice actor and singer
• 11th » Helen Rollason, English sportscaster (d. 1999)
• 12th » Steve Harris (musician) called Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter (Iron Maiden)
• 12th » Lesley Manville, English actress
• 12th » Dale Murphy, American baseball player
• 12th » Ruth Ozeki, Canadian-American priest and author
• 13th » Dana Delany, American actress and producer
• 13th » Jamie Dimon, American businessman
• 13th » Davor Slamnig, Croatian guitarist and songwriter (Buldožer)
• 14th » Colin Ayre, English footballer
• 14th » Johnny Dusbaba, Dutch footballer
• 14th » Toine Manders, Dutch politician
• 14th » Sean Mathias, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
• 14th » Tessa Sanderson, Jamaican-English javelin thrower and heptathlete
• 14th » Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach
• 15th » Clay Matthews, Jr., American football player
• 16th » Michael Dixon (museum director) known as Michael Dixon, English zoologist and curator
• 16th » Ozzie Newsome, American football player
• 16th » Clifton Powell, American actor
• 17th » Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
• 17th » Rory McGrath, English actor and screenwriter
• 18th » Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
• 18th » Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (d. 2008)
• 18th » Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
• 19th » Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• 20th » Catherine Ashton, English politician, Lord President of the Council
• 20th » Anne Donahue, American politician
• 21st » Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The House of Love)
• 21st » Richard Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer (Cabaret Voltaire (band) e.g Cabaret Voltaire)
• 21st » Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
• 22nd » Generosa Ammon, American wife of Daniel Pelosi (d. 2003)
• 23rd » José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 23rd » Andrew Mitchell, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 23rd » Jeremy Wade, English biologist and author
• 24th » Steve Ballmer, American businessman
• 24th » William Wray (artist) known as Bill Wray, American cartoonist and landscape painter
• 25th » Matthew Garber, English actor (d. 1977)
• 26th » Charly McClain, American singer
• 26th » Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 27th » Dale Arnold, American sportscaster
• 27th » Dave Debol, American ice hockey player
• 27th » Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist
• 27th » Nora Volkow, Mexican-American physician
• 27th » Thomas Wassberg, Swedish skier
• 27th » Paul Wickens, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 28th » Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
• 28th » April Margera, American author
• 29th » Stephen Cole (broadcaster) named Stephen Cole, English journalist
• 29th » Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (d. 1996)
• 29th » Kurt Thomas (gymnast) or Kurt Thomas, American gymnast
• 30th » Bill Butler (politician) e.g Bill Butler, Scottish educator and politician
• 30th » Juanito Oiarzabal, Spanish mountaineer
• 30th » Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist and author

Famous Deaths for March 1956

• 17th » Fred Allen, American actor (b. 1894)
• 17th » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 18th » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 25th » Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 25th » Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)
• 29th » Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
• 30th » Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author (b. 1875)
• 31st » Ralph DePalma, Italian race car driver (b. 1884)

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