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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1956.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1956: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1956?

Events

01 Apr 1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win.
02 Apr 1956 Soap operas As the World Turns andEdge of Night premieres on TV
03 Apr 1956 Silk Stockings closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances
05 Apr 1956 Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
06 Apr 1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison.
07 Apr 1956 10th NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Fort Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1.
08 Apr 1956 Six marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island, South Carolina, USA.
09 Apr 1956 Habib Bourguiba is elected prime minister of Tunisia.
10 Apr 1956 Philips broadcasts first Dutch color TV programs.
11 Apr 1956 French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria.
12 Apr 1956 Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon.
13 Apr 1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
14 Apr 1956 Plain & Fancy closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
15 Apr 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
17 Apr 1956 Kominform disbands
18 Apr 1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
19 Apr 1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
21 Apr 1956 Former U.S. First Daughter Margaret Truman marries Clifton Daniel.
22 Apr 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
23 Apr 1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses.
26 Apr 1956 First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
27 Apr 1956 Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing.
28 Apr 1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
29 Apr 1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
30 Apr 1956 Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming ''I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty.''
05 Apr 1956 Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.