May 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1956 The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• 02 May 1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus.
• 03 May 1956 Most Happy Fella opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
• 04 May 1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
• 05 May 1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
• 06 May 1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 07 May 1956 New York Giants' Bill White homers in his first at bat.
• 08 May 1956 John Osbornes Look Back in Anger, premieres in London
• 09 May 1956 Manaslu, eighth highest mountain in the world, is first ascended.
• 10 May 1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
• 11 May 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 12 May 1956 East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves.
• 13 May 1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
• 16 May 1956 Kraft Theater presents an act from Profiles in Courage
• 18 May 1956 Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record third time.
• 19 May 1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games
• 20 May 1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll.
• 21 May 1956 WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 22 May 1956 Bob Hope Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 23 May 1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Francisco, California.
• 24 May 1956 Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbana.
• 25 May 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
• 26 May 1956 US Navy aircraft carrier Bennington burns off Rhode Island, killing 103.
• 27 May 1956 French raid in Algiers
• 28 May 1956 US President Dwight Eisenhower signs farm bill allowing government to store agricultural surplus.
• 29 May 1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast
• 30 May 1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida

Famous Birthday

• Christine Bravo

  French educator, journalist and TV host.

• Mehdi El Glaoui

  French-Moroccan actor, son of actress Cécile Aubry.

• La Toya Jackson
• Catherine Frot

  French theatre and film actress, daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher.

• Bruno Madinier

  French stage and TV films actor, widely known for his roles in the TV series: "Les Cordier, juge et flic" (with Pierre Mondy) and "Dolmen"...

• Kamagurka

  Belgian cartoonist, playwright, comic strip artist, painter, comedian, singer and producer.

• Sugar Ray Leonard
• Bob Saget

  American actor.

• Lisa Niemi
• François Feldman

  French pop singer and songwriter of Russian (father) and Belgian (mother) descent, very popular especially in the late eighties for his hit...

• Giuseppe Tornatore

  Italian director and screenwriter.

• Wendy Crewson

  Canadian actress and producer.

• Ursula Plassnik

  Austrian politician and diplomat Foreign Minister of Austria.

• Francis Joyon

  French professional sail boat racer and yachtsman, who holds the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation.

• Mirek Topolánek
• Elisabeth Hubert
• Dominique Paillé
• Micheline Apers-Borghs

  Belgian athlete; a fencer.

• Sean Kelly

  Cyclist.

• Catherine Corsini

  French film director and screenwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• Vladimir Ambros

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Albert H Edelkoort

  Theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65.

• Aleksandr A Fadejev

  Russ Author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54.

• Austin Osman Spare

  British artist and magician (Born 1886).

• Charles R Gallas

  lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at age 88.

• Walter S Adams

  US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at age 79.

• Hendrik P Marchant

  Dutch minister of Education, dies at age 87.

• Michalis Karaolis

  Greek-Cypriot EOKA fighter (Born 1934).

• Joan Malleson

  English physician (Born 1889).

• H B Reese

  American confectioner, founder of Reese's (Born 1876).

• Harry Bensley

  English rake and adventurer (Born 1877).

• Hermann Abendroth

  German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73.

• Max Beerbohm

  English-Italian author and illustrator (d. 1956).

• Louis Calhern

  American actor and singer (d. 1956).

• Guy Kibbee

  Actor (Captain Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74.

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Top #1 songs in the USA

1. George Cates - Moonglow And Theme From Picnic

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love
2. Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
3. Winifred Atwell - The Poor People Of Paris
4. Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell
5. Lonnie Donegan - Lost John / Stewball