August 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1956 KRCR TV channel 7 in Redding-Chico, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 03 Aug 1956 Willie Williams of the US sets 100 metre dash record at 10.1 seconds.
• 04 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley releases Hound Dog
• 05 Aug 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS / ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
• 06 Aug 1956 After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• 07 Aug 1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
• 08 Aug 1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
• 09 Aug 1956 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
• 10 Aug 1956 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
• 11 Aug 1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620
• 12 Aug 1956 Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink
• 13 Aug 1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 16 Aug 1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic US presidential candidate.
• 17 Aug 1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
• 18 Aug 1956 Cin Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a 9 inning game
• 19 Aug 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open
• 20 Aug 1956 Republicans convene at Cow Palace
• 21 Aug 1956 WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 22 Aug 1956 Elvis Presley begins filming The Reno Brothers (Love Me Tender)
• 24 Aug 1956 First non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrives in Washington DC.
• 25 Aug 1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
• 26 Aug 1956 KREY TV channel 10 in Montrose, CO (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
• 27 Aug 1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
• 29 Aug 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
• 30 Aug 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas

Famous Birthday

• Kim Cattrall

  English-born actress.

• Joan Allen

  American actress, a versatile performer in lead and supporting roles on stage and screen.

• Stepfanie Kramer

  Los Angeles, California -- Actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter).

• Koffi Olomidé
• Francis Le Guen
• Leticia Perdigón
• Luis Guzmán

  Puerto Rican-American actor and producer.

• Jean-François Larios
• Tem Tarriktar

  American astrologer and publisher, from 1989, of the most prestigious American astrological journal of the '90s, The Mountain Astrologer.

• Bruce Greenwood

  Canadian actor and producer.

• Laura Morante
• Maureen McCormick

  American actress.

• Ismaël Lô
• Alain Passard
• Meg Whitman

  Businesswoman.

• Paul Molitor

  American pro baseball player who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in a free-agent draft pick 6/05/1974.

• Rusty Wallace

  American race car driver and sportscaster.

• David Khayat
• Cris Morena
• Frans Peeters

  Belgian trap shooter who won a Bronze Medal in the Seoul Olympics, 1988.

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Famous Deaths

• Jackson Pollock

  American artist, a painter and exponent of abstract expressionism and, in particular, the form known as "action painting.

• Albert Woolson

  Last veteran US Union army, dies at 109.

• Freiherr Constantine von Neurath

  German foreign min (1932-38).

• Constantine Freiherr von Neurath

  German foreign minister, dies at 83.

• Bertold Brecht

  German playwright and poet, one of the leaders of the "epic theatre movement.

• Alfred Kinsey

  American biologist, entomologist, and human behaviorist, Kinsey was the first to research and study human sexual behavior by interviewing...

• Bertolt Brecht

  German director playwright and poet (d. 1956).

• Alfred Wagenknecht

  German-American activist and politician (d. 1956).

• Jose Antonio de Donostia

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Bela Lugosi

  Hungarian-American actor who was a stage performer for over 20 years before moving into film.

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Top #1 songs in the USA

1. Doris Day - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)
2. Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
3. Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms
4. Tony Martin - Walk Hand In Hand
5. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rockin' Through The Rye