February 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
• 02 Feb 1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
• 03 Feb 1956 Toni Sailor becomes first Olympics skier to sweep the three alpine events.
• 05 Feb 1956 Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open.
• 06 Feb 1956 French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers.
• 07 Feb 1956 Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled
• 08 Feb 1956 Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia Athletics, 1901-50), dies at age 93.
• 09 Feb 1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
• 10 Feb 1956 My Friend Flicka premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
• 11 Feb 1956 British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union after being missing for 5 years.
• 12 Feb 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open.
• 13 Feb 1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
• 14 Feb 1956 Verhoeven / Nauta / De King / Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
• 15 Feb 1956 Urho Kekkonen is appointed President of Finland.
• 16 Feb 1956 Only a little more than four months after the release of the 70mm version of ''Oklahoma!'', the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Carousel'', starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, is released in Cinemascope 55. MacRae and Jones had previously starred in ''Oklahoma!'' ''Carousel'', intended for showing in 55mm, ends up being shown only in 35mm.
• 17 Feb 1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas of Great Britain.
• 19 Feb 1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
• 20 Feb 1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 23 Feb 1956 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
• 24 Feb 1956 Doris Day records her most famous song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be). It is from Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', in which Day co-stars with James Stewart.
• 25 Feb 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
• 26 Feb 1956 Writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
• 27 Feb 1956 Female suffrage in Egypt.
• 28 Feb 1956 Thirteen die in a train crash in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA.
• 29 Feb 1956 In Centerville, South Dakota, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite.

Famous Birthday

• Michel Houellebecq

  French writer, poet, essayist, novelist and filmmaker.

• Michel Houellebecq

  French writer, poet, essayist, novelist and filmmaker.

• Aileen Wuornos

  American serial killer sentenced to death (Born 1956).

• Arsenio Hall

  American entertainer, a hip black comic with a stylish wardrobe who began as a late-night TV show host on 3 January 1989.

• Jeanne Mas

  French singer of the eighties (disco electro-pop).

• Charlelie Couture
• Nathan Lane

  American actor, a Hollywood, television and Broadway star known for his outrageous scene-stealing comedy roles.

• John Marchesella
• Paula Zahn

  American journalist and producer.

• Jean-François Lamour

  French fencer who became a politician and cabinet minister.

• Kathleen Beller

  American actress.

• Jodie Forrest

  American astrologer, wife of Steven Forrest and co-author with him of "Skymates.

• Didier Lockwood

  French jazz musician, he was born into a talented family.

• Mimí Ardú
• Lise Lamétrie
• Philippe Lizon

  Belgium dancer.

• Jono Coleman

  British-Australian larger-than-life radio funnyman, Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman was born in London but was 'deported' (or so he says) to Sydney,...

• Brian Robertson

  Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motorhead).

• Milan Babic
• Pedro Tornaghi

  Brazilian astrologer and yoga teacher.

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Famous Deaths

• Emile Buisson

  French criminal, a gang leader sentenced to death and executed in France.

• Edwin Franko Goldman

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Frank Dailey

  Orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54.

• Charles Grapewin

  American actor (Born 1869).

• Leendert A Donker

  Dutch Social Democrat party-minister of Justice, dies at age 56.

• Savilly Tartakower

  Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at age 74.

• Herman Courtens

  Belgian baron/painter, dies at age 72.

• Jan ?ukasiewicz

  Polish mathematician (Born 1878).

• Alexandros Svolos

  Greek legal expert and politician (Born 1892).

• Emile Borel

  French mathematician, magazine publisher and public official.

• Gustave Charpentier

  French composer of operas, including "Louise" and "Julien.

• Elpidio Quirino

  President of Philippines (1949-53), dies at age 65.

• Pyotr Konchalovsky

  Russian painter (Born 1876).

• Vincent de Moro-Giafferi

  French lawyer and politician (d. 1956).

• Johnny Claes

  English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956).

• Peder Gram

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Charley Grapewin

  American actor and singer (d. 1956).

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Top #2 songs in the USA

1. The Platters - The Great Pretender
2. Eddie Fisher - Dungaree Doll

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
2. The Dreamweavers - It's Almost Tomorrow
3. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This
4. Frank Sinatra - (Love Is) The Tender Trap
5. Kay Starr - Rock And Roll Waltz