November 1956 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1956 Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen
• 02 Nov 1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham.
• 03 Nov 1956 Wizard of Oz 1st televised (CBS-TV)
• 04 Nov 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
• 05 Nov 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
• 06 Nov 1956 US President Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (Democrat).
• 07 Nov 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
• 09 Nov 1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
• 12 Nov 1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, first sighted.
• 13 Nov 1956 US Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses.
• 14 Nov 1956 Hungarian revolt put down
• 15 Nov 1956 Middle East Technical University is founded in Ankara, Turkey.
• 17 Nov 1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs. Colgate)
• 18 Nov 1956 Morocco gains independence
• 20 Nov 1956 In Yugoslavia, former prime minister Milovan Djilas is arrested after he criticizes Josip Broz Tito.
• 21 Nov 1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award
• 22 Nov 1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
• 23 Nov 1956 The Suez Crisis causes petrol rationing in Britain. Motorists panic as petrol rations loom, BBC news
• 24 Nov 1956 Pajama Game closes at St. James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
• 26 Nov 1956 The Price Is Right debuts on NBC
• 28 Nov 1956 Photography begins on ... & God Created Women
• 29 Nov 1956 Bells Are Ringing opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
• 30 Nov 1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)

Famous Birthday

• Marc Dutroux

  Belgian serial killer who made a career of kidnapping, raping, torturing and killing children.

• Bo Derek

  American actress, making $35,000 and a reputation as the epitome of beauty with her 5'4" perfect shape in the film "10.

• William Fichtner

  American actor.

• Lei Clijsters
• Bruno Carette
• Chéri Samba
• Ashley Cox

  American model, primarily in live fashion work.

• François Deluga
• Eileen Collins

  American colonel pilot and astronaut.

• Jonathan Palmer

  English race car driver and businessman.

• Warren Moon

  American athlete for the Seattle Seahawks who was previously with the Minnesota Vikings and Houston Oilers.

• Marc Le Fur
• Shane Gould

  Australian Champion Olympic swimmer, the only person, male or female, to hold every world freestyle record from 100m to 1500m...

• Dale Jarrett

  American race car driver on the NASCAR circuit.

• Terry Labonte

  American race car driver and businessman.

• Jacky Godoffe

  French climber known for his ascents in the Fontainebleau forest.

• Nigel Vaz

  Saudi Arabian-British politician, a Member of Parliament returned at General Election 6/11/1978.

• Kitt Reuter-Foss

  American mezzo soprano opera singer with an operatic repertoire that includes the roles of "Suzuki" in Madame Butterfly" and "Flora" in "La...

• Ann Curry

  American journalist and television anchor.

• Gary Ross

  American director producer and screenwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• Art Tatum

  American jazz piano soloist who studied piano, guitar, violin and accordion.

• Guido Cantelli

  Italian orchestral conductor, who was named Musical Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956 but whose promising career was cut short...

• Art[hur] Tatum

  US jazz pianist / composer, dies at 46.

• Una Mae Carlisle

  US pianist / singer, dies at 40.

• Victor Young

  Orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56.

• Gerhard Alexander

  Actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49.

• Francis L Sullivan

  Actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53.

• Vincent Giafferi

  French criminal (Caillaux / Landru).

• Jeanne Cappe

  Belgian Author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61.

• Lajos Asztalos

  International Chess Master (1950), dies at age 67.

• Otori Tanigoro

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (Born 1887).

• Jacob Weinberg

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Tommy Dorsey

  American trombonist composer and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1956).

• Leo Baeck

  President of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83.

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Top #4 songs in the USA

1. Jim Lowe - The Green Door
2. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
3. Doris Day - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
4. Frank Sinatra - Hey! Jealous Lover

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love
2. Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In The Rain
3. Frankie Vaughan - The Green Door
4. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
5. Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues