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27 March 27, 1956 (Tuesday) 28 March 28, 1956 (Wednesday) 29 March 29, 1956 (Thursday) 30 March 30, 1956 (Friday) ... March 1956 was the third month of that leap year ...
March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1956 – Leung Kwok-hung, Hong Kong activist and politician; 1956 ...
1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
March 11 – Laurence Olivier's film, Richard III, adapted from Shakespeare's play, premieres in the U.S. in theaters and on NBC Television, on the same day as an afternoon matinée. It is one of the first such experiments of its kind. Olivier is later nominated for an Oscar for his performance. March 12
The March 1956 rallies widened rifts within the Georgian Communist Party, as several officials expressed solidarity with the people. In July 1956, the Central Committee in Moscow issued a resolution critical of the Georgian Communist leadership, and in August the second secretary in Tbilisi was replaced by a Russian.
9 March – Archbishop Makarios is deported from Cyprus to the Seychelles by the British authorities. 10 March – Fairey Aviation test pilot Peter Twiss sets a new airspeed record in the Fairey Delta 2, also becoming the first person to exceed 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) in level flight. His top speed is 1,132 mph (1,821 km/h), 310 mph (499 km/h ...
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in Australia. 1956 in Australia; ... 27 February – Andrea Mitchell ... 20 March – Fanny Durack, (b. 1889), ...
March. 16 – The Riotous Assemblies Act no. 17 is passed, prohibiting any outside gathering that the Minister of Justice deems a threat to public peace. 17 – Mimi Coertse makes her Vienna State Opera debut as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute . August. 9 – Women's march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest against the pass laws.