* 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

One well-established blues artist that did manage to make a hit on Checker was Sonny Boy Williamson II, who charted with " Don't Start Me Talkin '" (# 3 ) in 1955, " Keep It to Yourself " (# 14 ) in 1956, and " Help Me " (# 24 ) in 1963.

* 1956 Start of series production of injection moulding machines

Its Hungarian service's coverage of Poland's Poznań riots in 1956 arguably served as an inspiration for the Hungarian revolution.

In 1956 Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's passage of the " Sinhala Only Act " led to ethnic riots.

In 1955 there were anti-European riots, and in 1956 the city was returned to full Moroccan control.

In 1955 and 1956, riots occurred in Sierra Leone, originally sparked by the artisan union's strike over pay, further unrest followed strikes by transport workers.

After the 1956 riots, the Hong Kong government introduced stricter law enforcement and the triads became less active.

Jeff Widener ( born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach, California ) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 Beijing riots which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer.

He later led the Chinese Middle School riots in 1956 with further violence.

The Hong Kong 1956 riots began with looting and attacks by pro-Nationalist civilians on pro-Communist civilians and property in Hong Kong during Double Ten Day, 10 October 1956, and soon developed into large, and violent, riots.

Category: 1956 riots

The March 1956 demonstrations ( also known as the 1956 Tbilisi riots or 9 March massacre ) in Soviet Georgia were a reaction to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy, which shocked the younger Georgians raised on Stalinist ideology and wounded their national feelings ( Stalin was a Georgian ).

When the Chinese Middle School riots broke out in October 1956, Lim decided to take aggressive steps to stop the violence.

The Chinese middle schools riots were a series of riots that broke out in the Singaporean Chinese community in 1956, resulting in 13 people killed and more than 100 injured.

Category: 1956 riots

Mei Ho House of Shek Kip Mei Estate during the Hong Kong 1956 riots | 1956 riots.

The Hong Kong 1956 riots was one of the first full-scale riots in the territory.