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1956 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1953 1954 1955 – 1956 – 1957 1958 1959 |
Contents
Events
- The Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia.
- The Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This was the first Olympic Games in which the USSR competed.
Births
- January 3 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor
- January 28 – Dario Chioli, Italian poet
- February 16 – Peter Hook, English bass guitarist
- February 27 – Angela Aames, American actress (d. 1988)
- March 24 – Steve Ballmer, American business person, CEO of Microsoft
- April 5 – Dwight Hicks, American NFL player
- April 12 – Andy García, American actor
- May 7 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime minister of the Netherlands
- May 17 – Bob Saget, American actor and comedian
- June 2 – Mani Ratnam, Indian movie director
- June 4 – Martin Adams, English darts player
- June 11 – Joe Montana, American NFL player
- June 11 – Ray Nagin, American politician, mayor of New Orleans
- July 9 – Tom Hanks, American actor
- July 13 – Michael Spinks, American boxer
- July 15 – Joe Satriani, Italian-American guitar virtuoso
- August 4 – Margaret Whitman, American business person, CEO of Ebay
- August 26 – Sally Beamish, English composer
- August 31 – Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
- September 17 – Andreas Starke, German politician, Lord Mayor of Bamberg
- September 27 – Milan Smrčka, Czech musician
- October 2 – Mike Scully, American television writer
- October 28 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 6th President of Iran
- November 11 – Ian Craig Marsh, English musician
- December 9 - Jean-Pierre Thiollet , French author
- Hugh Cook, English-born New Zealand writer
- Hans Enoksen, Prime minister of Greenland
Deaths
- March 8 – Drastamat Kanayan, Armenian military leader and politician (b. 1884))
- August 11- Jackson Pollack, American painter
- August 14 – Bertolt Brecht, German playwright (b. 1898)
- August 25 – Alfred Kinsey, American sex researcher (b. 1894)
- October 30 – Pio Baroja, Spanish writer (b. 1872)
Movies released
- The Searchers
- Hollywood or Bust