September 1956 calendar

September 1956
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 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 September 1956: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1956?

Events

01 Sep 1956 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
02 Sep 1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
03 Sep 1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
04 Sep 1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
05 Sep 1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer, New Mexico, USA.
07 Sep 1956 Bell X-2 sets unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000+ feet.
09 Sep 1956 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)
10 Sep 1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrates
11 Sep 1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
12 Sep 1956 Black students enter and are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
13 Sep 1956 In the USA, IBM introduces the IBM 350 Disk File, the first hard drive, as part of the IBM RAMAC 305 computer. The drive features fifty double-sided 24-inch diameter platters, served by one arm and one read/write head. Capacity is about 5MB, and transfer rate is 8800 characters per second.
14 Sep 1956 First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC.
16 Sep 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
17 Sep 1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
18 Sep 1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon
21 Sep 1956 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García is assassinated.
24 Sep 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
25 Sep 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
27 Sep 1956 USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
28 Sep 1956 Johnny Carson Show, TV Variety
29 Sep 1956 I Love Mickey by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
30 Sep 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
16 Sep 1956 TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.