Today in History for June 1956

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 48 of 48

2nd - Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
3rd - 3rd class travel on British Railways ends
3rd - KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
3rd - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
4th - Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
5th - "Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV
5th - Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
6th - David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
7th - Singapore government of Marshall resigns
8th - Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
8th - WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
9th - Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
10th - 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
10th - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
13th - "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 21 performances
13th - After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
13th - Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49
13th - Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup
14th - "New Faces of 1956" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 perfs
Rocker/Beatle John Lennon 15th - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
16th - 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY
16th - 88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
17th - Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister
18th - Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
19th - Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
20th - Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed
20th - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)
21st - Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
21st - German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
21st - Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters
23rd - "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV
23rd - "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8
23rd - Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
24th - "Steve Allen Show," returns on NBC-TV
Comedian Jerry Lewis 24th - 2nd LPGA Championship won by Marlene Hagge
24th - WISC TV channel 3 in Madison, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
25th - 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
25th - WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
27th - Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
28th - 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill
28th - Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
29th - Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif
29th - Federal interstate highway system act signed
29th - PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
30th - "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 245 performances
30th - "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 21 performances
30th - Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
30th - United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing)
1st - Robin Mattson, LA California, actress (Janet Green-All My Children)
2nd - Mark L Polansky, Paterson NJ, pilot/astronaut
2nd - Mani Ratnam, Indian dire
2nd - Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
3rd - Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts)
3rd - Suren Nalbandyan, USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
3rd - George Burley, Scottish football player and manager
4th - John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
4th - Terry Kennedy, baseball player
4th - Martin Adams, English darts player
4th - Keith David, American actor
4th - John Hockenberry, American journalist
5th - Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)
5th - Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Astronaut (STS 58, 76, sk 90)
5th - Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs)
6th - Andy Pycroft, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
6th - Bjorn Borg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1976-79)
6th - Jay C Buckey, NYC, physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt, sk: 90)
6th - Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing)
7th - Robert Dover, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
9th - Patricia Cornwell, American author
10th - Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
11th - Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
12th - Terry Alderman, cricketer (prolific Australian medium-pacer 1981-91)
14th - Frederick Funk, Takoma Park MD, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston Open)
14th - King Diamond [Kim Petersen], Copenhagen, Denmark, heavy metal musician (Merciful Fate, King Diamond)
14th - Sam Irvin, American director and producer
15th - Ava Cadell, Budapest Hung, actress (Do or Die)
15th - Lance Parrish, baseball player
15th - Polly Draper, Palo Alto California, actress (Ellyn-30 Something, Hooters)
17th - Nicholas Cook, cricketer
17th - Nick Cook, cricketer (England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89)
18th - Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)
19th - Doug Stone, American singer
20th - Peter Reid, English former footballer
21st - Mikhail Burtsev, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976)
21st - Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs)
22nd - Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
22nd - Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
22nd - Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
22nd - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
22nd - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
23rd - Tony Hill, American football player
24th - Joe Penny, English actor
25th - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
25th - Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author
26th - Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/S Afr leader (United Democratic Front)
26th - Bernard A Harris Jr, Temple Texas, MD/Astronaut (STS 55, 63)
Singer Chris Isaak (26th) 26th - Chris Isaak, Stockton Ca, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked Game)
26th - Robert Davi, actor (License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing)
27th - Jeff Odintz, horse trainer
27th - Brad Childress, American football coach
27th - Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
28th - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
29th - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
29th - Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
30th - Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human League-Only Human)
30th - David Alan Grier, comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang)
30th - Ronald Winans, gospel singer (Winans)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 4 of 3

6th - Three-time Olympic Champion figure skater Sonja Henie (44) weds Norwegian shipping magnate and art patron Niels Onstad (47)
16th - British Poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes marries American writer and poet (The Bell Jar) Sylvia Plath at St George the Martyr Holborn, London.
29th - Actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (30) weds for 3rd time playwright Arthur Miller (40) at White Plains Court House in White Plains, New York
29th - Actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (30) weds for 3rd time playwright Arthur Miller (40) at White Plains Court House in White Plains, New York

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

2nd - Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69
4th - Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73
4th - Katherine MacDonald, American actress (b. 1881)
6th - Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
7th - Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
8th - Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)
11th - Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
11th - Ralph Morgan, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
17th - Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
17th - Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
19th - Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet/writer, dies at 82
19th - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
23rd - Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81
23rd - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
25th - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
26th - Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25
29th - Johan[nes F] Bakker Jr, actor, dies at 62