July 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
• 02 Jul 1956 A lab experiment at Sylvania Electric Products results in an explosion.
• 04 Jul 1956 US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland.
• 05 Jul 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
• 06 Jul 1956 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
• 07 Jul 1956 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61)
• 08 Jul 1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
• 10 Jul 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
• 13 Jul 1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 14 Jul 1956 Boston Red Sox' pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0.
• 15 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson / Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
• 16 Jul 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
• 19 Jul 1956 US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
• 20 Jul 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
• 23 Jul 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
• 24 Jul 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jesey City
• 25 Jul 1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill Country Club - Boston
• 26 Jul 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal.
• 29 Jul 1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
• 30 Jul 1956 US motto In God We Trust authorized
• 31 Jul 1956 August – The exhibition ''This Is Tomorrow'' opens at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.

Famous Birthday

• Tom Hanks

  American actor and film producer, the winner of an Oscar for Best Actor on 3/21/1994 for "Philadelphia," a second Oscar on 3/27/1995 for...

• Ian Curtis

  British musician, the charismatic leader and vocalist of the Manchester-based post-punk "urban-depressive" rock band "Joy Division.

• Jerry Hall

  Model.

• Veronica Lario Berlusconi
• Asif Ali Zardari
• Sela Ward

  Meridian, Mississippi -- Actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters).

• Vladimir Kulich

  Czech-Canadian actor.

• Joe Satriani

  American guitarist.

• Ernie Dingo

  Australian Aboriginal actor and comedian with a magnetic screen presence who has broken new ground in the popular presentation of his native...

• Dorothy Hamill

  American champion figure skater, the winner of an Olympic Gold Medal in 1976.

• Audrey Landers
• Michael Biehn

  American actor director producer and screenwriter.

• Delta Burke

  American actress and television star of the ensemble cast "Designing Women" from 1986-91.

• Monique Evans

  Brazilian brunette model and occasional actress.

• André Vallini

  French politician.

• Paul-Marie Coûteaux

  French politician, writer, and former member of the European Parliament for Ile-de-France with the Mouvement pour la France, member of the...

• Robin Renucci

  French actor and director.

• Jean-Paul Agon

  French business executive, the chairman and CEO of L'Oréal since 17 March 2011.

• Jean-René Bernaudeau

  French road bicycle racer, professional from 1978 to 1988.

• Henri Paul

  French acting Security Director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, took the wheel to act as driver for Princess Diana and Dodi El Fayad on the...

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Famous Deaths

• Jaroslav Ridky

  Composer, dies at 58.

• Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart

  Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54).

• Maurice Lippens

  Belgian Governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80.

• Willem J A Kerncamp

  Dutch overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57.

• Miguel Bernal Jiminez

  Composer, dies at 46.

• Joe Giard

  American baseball player (Born 1898).

• James Alexander Calder

  Canadian politician (Born 1868).

• Gottfried Benn

  German essayist, novelist, and expressionist poet.

• Giovanni Papini

  Italian journalist, polemical literary critic, essayist, poet, and novelist, whose avant-garde polemics made him one of the most...

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. George Cates - Moonglow And Theme From Picnic
2. Doris Day - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
3. Tony Martin - Walk Hand In Hand

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
2. Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
3. Various Artists - All Star Hit Parade (EP)
4. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
5. The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas / Bluebottle Blues