* Austin Osman Spare ( 1886 – 1956 ), English artist and magician

* 1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinean artist and journalist

* 1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and administrator

* 1956 – Andy García, Cuban actor

* 1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer

* 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

* 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish director

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress

* 1878 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author ( d. 1956 )

* 1956 – Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author

* 1956 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler

* 1956 – Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer

* 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer ( b. 1956 )

* 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio host

* 1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny and Dead Men Walking )

* 1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer

* 1956 –, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

Prominent leaders include co-founders Lucien Febvre ( 1878 – 1956 ) and Marc Bloch ( 1886 – 1944 ).

* 1867 – Emil Nolde, German painter ( d. 1956 )

* 1956 – Chris Foreman, English guitarist and songwriter ( Madness )

* 1956 – David Grant, English singer ( Linx )

* 1956 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor

* 1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress

* 1903 – Eddie Acuff, American actor ( d. 1956 )

It was remade in 1956 as Bundle of Joy, starring Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.

In 1956 Eddie Velo, a turkey farmer from the area, described to the Kellers a need for a machine small enough to maneuver inside a pole barn, and light enough to operate on its upper level.

* Eddie Garr ( 1900 – 1956 ), actor, comedian, father of Teri Garr

Comedian Eddie Lawrence, on his 1956 novelty record " King Arthur's Mines ," played a great white hunter named Moe Gambo.

Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz ( 1956 ) was a collection of articles by various writers co-edited by Condon and Richard Gehman.

: 6 Eddie Yost ( 1950, 1952 – 1953, 1956, 1959 – 1960 )

Other hits for the girls included " Eddie My Love " ( U. S. # 14 ), " Born to Be With You " ( U. S. # 5 ), " Lay Down Your Arms " in 1956, and " Just Between You and Me " ( U. S. # 8 ) in 1957.

Eddie Clarence Murray ( born February 24, 1956 ), nicknamed " Steady Eddie ", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter.

* Eddie London ( 1956 -), singer

Other films and TV shows featuring greasers include: Crime in the Streets ( 1956 ), The Delinquents ( 1957 ), 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 ), The Young Savages ( 1961 ), Two-Lane Blacktop ( 1971 ), American Graffiti ( 1973 ), Badlands ( 1973 ), Happy Days ( 1974 – 1984 ), The Lords of Flatbush ( 1974 ), Grease ( 1978 ), The Wanderers ( 1979 ), Grease 2 ( 1982 ), The Loveless ( 1982 ), The Outsiders ( 1983 ) Eddie and the Cruisers ( 1983 ), Rumble Fish ( 1983 ), Streets of Fire ( 1984 ), Tuff Turf ( 1985 ), Stand By Me ( 1986 ), La Bamba ( 1987 ), Full House ( 1987 – 1995 ), Last Exit to Brooklyn ( 1989 ), Cry-Baby ( 1990 ), This Boy's Life ( 1993 ), Roadracers ( 1994 ), Deuces Wild ( 2002 ), Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ), the children's cartoon Johnny Bravo, the video game Bully ( 2006 ), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ), Fallout 3 ( 2008 ), Mafia II ( 2010 ) and Fallout: New Vegas ( 2010 ), The Violent Kind ( 2010 ),

Rice began his work in the R & B field in the 1950s based in Detroit, performing with the Five Scalders in 1956 and with the Falcons ( fellow band members included Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett and Joe Stubbs ) from 1957 to 1963.

It opened at the New Watergate theatre club ( currently Harold Pinter Theatre ) on October 11, 1956 and the cast included Richard Harris as Louis and Anthony Quayle as Eddie, with Lighting Design by Lee Watson.

Note: Chesney Allen did not regularly perform with the Gang after 1945 ( except for Royal Variety Performances ) and Eddie Gray rejoined the group in 1956.

Kwong was a Western Conference all-star running back and three-time winner of the Eddie James Memorial Trophy, in 1951, 1955 and 1956.

Title: TITLE: Personalities-Edward John Ward ( Eddie Ward ), Australian Labour Party, 1956 CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b & w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material

Originally featuring members Neil Sedaka, Hank Medress, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolotin, Rabkin was replaced by Jay Siegel in 1956, and the band recorded its first single, " While I Dream " that same year.

In November 1956, he left the Hammers for Preston North End in a straight swap deal involving Eddie Lewis.

As a teammate of Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock, Lew Burdette, Johnny Logan, Eddie Mathews, Red Schoendienst, Warren Spahn, and Bobby Thomson, Bruton was the leadoff hitter, the chief base stealer, and the center fielder for the powerful Milwaukee Braves teams of 1956 through 1960.

* Eddie Murray ( born 1956 ), American baseball player

Michael Wright ( born April 30, 1956 ) is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie Kane, Jr. in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats.

Milwaukee was only three victories short ( two in 1956 and one in 1959 ) of four National League pennants in four seasons, and still boasted Hall of Famers Henry Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn, but the players around them had begun to fall off in production and the Brave farm system could not keep up.

Eddie Acuff ( June 3, 1903 – December 17, 1956 ) was an American actor.