August 1956
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The following events occurred in August 1956:
Contents
- 1 August 1, 1956 (Wednesday)
- 2 August 2, 1956 (Thursday)
- 3 August 3, 1956 (Friday)
- 4 August 4, 1956 (Saturday)
- 5 August 5, 1956 (Sunday)
- 6 August 6, 1956 (Monday)
- 7 August 7, 1956 (Tuesday)
- 8 August 8, 1956 (Wednesday)
- 9 August 9, 1956 (Thursday)
- 10 August 10, 1956 (Friday)
- 11 August 11, 1956 (Saturday)
- 12 August 12, 1956 (Sunday)
- 13 August 13, 1956 (Monday)
- 14 August 14, 1956 (Tuesday)
- 15 August 15, 1956 (Wednesday)
- 16 August 16, 1956 (Thursday)
- 17 August 17, 1956 (Friday)
- 18 August 18, 1956 (Saturday)
- 19 August 19, 1956 (Sunday)
- 20 August 20, 1956 (Monday)
- 21 August 21, 1956 (Tuesday)
- 22 August 22, 1956 (Wednesday)
- 23 August 23, 1956 (Thursday)
- 24 August 24, 1956 (Friday)
- 25 August 25, 1956 (Saturday)
- 26 August 26, 1956 (Sunday)
- 27 August 27, 1956 (Monday)
- 28 August 28, 1956 (Tuesday)
- 29 August 29, 1956 (Wednesday)
- 30 August 30, 1956 (Thursday)
- 31 August 31, 1956 (Friday)
- 32 References
August 1, 1956 (Wednesday)
August 2, 1956 (Thursday)
- Died: Albert Woolson, 106, US centenarian, last surviving Union veteran of the American Civil War[1]
August 3, 1956 (Friday)
August 4, 1956 (Saturday)
August 5, 1956 (Sunday)
August 6, 1956 (Monday)
August 7, 1956 (Tuesday)
August 8, 1956 (Wednesday)
- Fire breaks out at the Bois du Cazier mine in Marcinelle, Belgium. 262 miners are killed, workers of twelve different nationalities; more than half are Italian.[2]
August 9, 1956 (Thursday)
- The exhibition This Is Tomorrow, featuring the ICA Independent Group of artists and inspired by the theories of Marshall McLuhan, opens at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. The collaborators include Richard Hamilton, John Voelcker, John McHale and Magda Cordell.[3]
August 10, 1956 (Friday)
August 11, 1956 (Saturday)
- 1956 Murray River flood: Following higher than average rainfall in Western Queensland and three months of heavy rain in the Murray-Darling basin,[4] flood waters move down the Murray and Darling and peak at Merbein in Victoria[5] and 12.3 metres (40 ft) at Morgan in South Australia.
- Died:
- Jackson Pollock, 44, US artist, killed in a car crash, along with a passenger, while driving under the influence of alcohol[6]
August 12, 1956 (Sunday)
- Hurricane Betsy makes landfall in Puerto Rico, the first Atlantic hurricane to strike the island for 24 years. Extensive damage is caused in Aibonito, Comerío and Jayuya; the worst damage is in Yabucoa. Sixteen people are killed.[7]
- Around 5,000 members of the banned Romanian Greek-Catholic Church protest outside Cluj-Napoca Piarists' Church to demonstrate that the regime's claims that their church survives. Fr. Vasile Chindriș preaches a sermon criticizing the Communist leadership, and all priests involved in the protest are later arrested and imprisoned.
August 13, 1956 (Monday)
August 14, 1956 (Tuesday)
- The Dutch coaster Hondsrug sinks 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Fyn Island, Denmark; five of the seven people on board are killed.[8]
- Irish novelist Iris Murdoch marries English academic John Bayley at Oxford register office.[9]
- Died:
- Bertolt Brecht, 58, German playwright (heart attack)[10]
- Konstantin von Neurath, 83, German diplomat and Nazi politician
August 15, 1956 (Wednesday)
August 16, 1956 (Thursday)
- Died: Bela Lugosi, 73, Hungarian actor best known for playing Dracula
August 17, 1956 (Friday)
- The Communist Party of Germany is banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of West Germany because of its methods.[11]
August 18, 1956 (Saturday)
August 19, 1956 (Sunday)
- The British coaster Traquair sinks 36 nautical miles (67 km) off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK. All eleven crew members are rescued.[12]
August 20, 1956 (Monday)
August 21, 1956 (Tuesday)
- Born: Kim Cattrall, Canadian actress, in Liverpool, UK
August 22, 1956 (Wednesday)
August 23, 1956 (Thursday)
August 24, 1956 (Friday)
August 25, 1956 (Saturday)
- Died: Alfred Kinsey, 62, US sex researcher (heart ailment and pneumonia)[13]
August 26, 1956 (Sunday)
August 27, 1956 (Monday)
August 28, 1956 (Tuesday)
August 29, 1956 (Wednesday)
August 30, 1956 (Thursday)
August 31, 1956 (Friday)
- Born:
- Masashi Tashiro, Japanese entertainer, in Saga Prefecture
- Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan, in Zhongshan District, Taipei
References
- ↑ http://www.nycivilwar.us/jahard.html
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- ↑ John-Paul Stonard (2007), Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., The Burlington Magazine, September 2007
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- ↑ Varnedoe, Kirk and Karmel, Pepe, Jackson Pollock: Essays, Chronology, and Bibliography, Exhibition catalog, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, Chronology, p. 328, 1998, ISBN 0-87070-069-3
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- ↑ "Five Lost From Dutch Coaster" The Times (London). Wednesday, 15 August 1956. (53610), col B, p. 5.
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- ↑ Eric D. Weitz, Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997
- ↑ "Crew Saved From Sinking Ship" The Times (London). Monday, 20 August 1956. (53614), col A, p. 3.
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