What Happened In November 1956 In History

Historical Events for November, 1956

• 1st » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore state are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
• 1st » In India, Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu state from Kerala.
• 1st » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia known as Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
• 3rd » The Khan Yunis killings are perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 275 male Arabs.
• 7th » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
• 12th » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 12th » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are Rafah massacre named shot dead in the village of Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
• 13th » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1956

• 2nd » Dale Brown, American author and pilot
• 3rd » Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Minister for Justice (Scotland) called Scottish Minister for Justice
• 3rd » Kevin Murphy (actor) named Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Gary Ross, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Bob Welch (baseball) known as Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 4th » Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Mekons)
• 4th » James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
• 4th » Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Dixie Dregs)
• 5th » Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter
• 7th » Denise Jannah, Dutch singer
• 7th » Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver
• 7th » Judy Tenuta, American actress, producer, screenwriter, and accordion player
• 8th » Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 8th » Richard Curtis, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Steven Miller (record producer) called Steven Miller, American record producer
• 10th » Sinbad (comedian) called Sinbad, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 10th » Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist
• 11th » Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist (The Human League, Heaven 17, and B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) known as B.E.F.)
• 13th » Ginger Alden, American model and actress
• 13th » Cynthia Carroll, American businesswoman
• 13th » Rex Linn, American actor
• 13th » Anna Verouli, Greek javelin thrower
• 14th » Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
• 14th » Peter R. de Vries, Dutch journalist and producer
• 14th » Steve Stockman, American politician
• 15th » Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer (Parliament-Funkadelic)
• 15th » Brian Douglas Wells, American delivery man (d. 2003)
• 16th » Lorraine Heggessey, English television producer
• 16th » Terry Labonte, American race car driver
• 17th » Graham Jones (English author) named Graham Jones, English psychologist and author
• 17th » Jim McGovern (British politician) or Jim McGovern, Scottish politician
• 18th » Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer (d. 1995)
• 18th » Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
• 18th » Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake (software) known as Rake Software (d. 2014)
• 19th » Peter Carter (diplomat) or Peter Carter, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (d. 2014)
• 19th » Eileen Collins, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 19th » Ann Curry, American journalist
• 20th » Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player
• 20th » Bo Derek, American actress and producer
• 20th » Mark Gastineau, American football player
• 20th » Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator
• 21st » Cherry Jones, American actress
• 22nd » Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Styx (band) known as Styx)
• 22nd » Richard Kind, American actor
• 22nd » Ron Randall, American author and illustrator
• 23rd » Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach
• 24th » Sven Grünberg, Estonian singer-songwriter
• 25th » Hélène Goudin, Belgian-Swedish politician
• 25th » Kalle Randalu, Estonian pianist and educator
• 26th » Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
• 26th » Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 26th » Keith Vaz, Yemeni-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 27th » William Fichtner, American actor
• 27th » John McCarthy (journalist) named John McCarthy, English journalist
• 28th » Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
• 29th » Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 29th » Yvonne Fovargue, English politician
• 29th » Eric Laakso, American football player (d. 2010)
• 29th » Leo Laporte, American television host and author
• 29th » Katrin Saks, Estonian politician

Famous Deaths for November 1956

• 9th » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 10th » Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 16th » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Makuuchi Yokozuna called Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 22nd » Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actress, ballerina, and choreographer (b. 1882)
• 23rd » William von Wirén, Estonian sailor (b. 1894)
• 24th » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 25th » Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 26th » Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
• 30th » Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874)

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