June 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1956 First international flight (to Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport - YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL); now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world's busiest airport)
• 02 Jun 1956 Yugoslav President Tito visits Moscow
• 03 Jun 1956 3rd class travel on British Railways ends
• 04 Jun 1956 Speech by USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev blasting Josef Stalin made public.
• 05 Jun 1956 Milton Berle Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 06 Jun 1956 In Singapore, chief minister David Marshall resigns after the breakdown of talks about internal self-government in London.
• 07 Jun 1956 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
• 08 Jun 1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
• 09 Jun 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
• 10 Jun 1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
• 11 Jun 1956 Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• 13 Jun 1956 Shangri-La opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 21 performances
• 14 Jun 1956 New Faces of 1956 opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 performances
• 15 Jun 1956 Eindhoven University of Technology is founded in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
• 16 Jun 1956 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill Country Club - New York
• 18 Jun 1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
• 19 Jun 1956 Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
• 20 Jun 1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
• 21 Jun 1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
• 23 Jun 1956 Jimmy Durante Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 24 Jun 1956 Steve Allen Show, returns on NBC-TV
• 25 Jun 1956 51 die in collision of Andrea Doria andStockholm
• 28 Jun 1956 First atomic reactor built for private research operates in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• 29 Jun 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
• 30 Jun 1956 Pipe Dream closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 245 performances

Famous Birthday

• Anthony Bourdain

  American chef and author.

• Chris Isaak

  American singer.

• Véronique Genest

  French actress and film producer, best known for her starring role as Commissaire Julie Lescaut in the French police drama series "Julie...

• Joe Penny

  British-American film and TV actor.

• Bjorn Borg

  Swedish tennis player.

• Joe Penny

  British-American film and TV actor.

• Patricia Cornwell

  American journalist and author.

• Joe Montana

  American football quarterback who led the San Francisco '49ers to a Super Bowl XIX championship on 1/20/1985.

• Kelly Lee Curtis
• Elisabetta Gardini

  Italian actress on a TV series 1985-86; host on the number one Morning Show 1986-87.

• David Alan Grier
• François Chérèque

  French trade unionist, and former leader of the French trade union CFDT (French Democratic Confederation of Labour or Confédération...

• Régis Marcon

  French chef, honoured with three stars by the Guide Michelin since 2005 and Maître Restaurateur.

• LA Reid

  American songwriter and producer co-founded LaFace Records.

• Lisa Hartman
• Bonny Lee Bakley
• Ray Nagin

  Politician.

• Nicolas Beytout

  French political journalist and columnist.

• Brian Benben

  Winchester, Virginia -- Actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles).

• Yelena Safonova
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Famous Deaths

• Jean Hersholt

  Actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69.

• Clifford Brown

  American musician, one of the great jazz trumpet players who was also gifted on piano, vibes, bass and the regular trumpet.

• Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney

  German Poet / writer, dies at 82.

• Ernest J King

  US fleet Admiral / Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77.

• Johan[nes F] Bakker Jr

  Actor, dies at 62.

• Margaret Wycherly

  Actress (Claudia), dies at 74.

• Reinhold Gliere

  Russian composer (Born 1875).

• Max Kowalski

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Paul Rostock

  German surgeon and academic (d. 1956).

• Bob Sweikert

  American race car driver (d. 1956).

• Julien Benda

  French philosopher / writer (La trahison des clercs).

• Ralph Morgan

  Actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73.

• Thorleif Lund

  Norwegian-Danish actor (d. 1956).

• Marie Laurencin

  French painter and print maker.

• Corrado Alvaro

  Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61.

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Top #2 songs in the USA

1. George Cates - Moonglow And Theme From Picnic
2. Tony Martin - Walk Hand In Hand

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
2. Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
3. Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love
4. Lonnie Donegan - Lost John / Stewball
5. Various Artists - All Star Hit Parade (EP)