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Imperial Order of Yoke and Arrows awarded to Sultan of Morocco
Subcom meets
Dulles stand contrasted
Eisenhower refuses to be drawn into dispute, news conf; silent on Adams charges that Cong seeks to block Adm program to minimize Adm record in election yr
Beck reiterates 'hands off policy on election; Fed Judge Palmieri issues contempt show-cause order against O'Rourke and Council sec-treas Lufrano
1956Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor[†]
Dallas Page, is an American fitness instructor, actor, and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract, under the ring name Diamond Dallas Page. In the course of his wrestling career Page has wrestled for mainstream wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
1956Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman[†]
Leonid Arnoldovich Fedun is a Ukrainian-born Russian billionaire businessman known for co-founding Russian oil company Lukoil. Until retiring in 2022, Fedun was vice president of Lukoil. He formerly served as president of FC Spartak Moscow before selling 100% of his shares to Lukoil.
1956Reid Ribble, American politician[†]
Reid James Ribble is an American businessman and Republican politician from the Fox Cities region of Wisconsin. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 8th congressional district from 2011 to 2017.
1956William Titt, British gymnast (born 1881)[†]
William Titt was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Cork. Originally named William Lebeau he took on the name of William Titt after his stepfather. When his stepfather died he reverted to the original Lebeau. As a member of the British team in 1908 he finished eighth in the team competition. He was part of the British team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912.
1956Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.[†]
The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew the emerging Cuban democracy and consolidated power. Among those who opposed the coup was Fidel Castro, then a young lawyer, who initially tried to challenge the takeover through legal means in the Cuban courts. When these efforts failed, Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl led an armed assault on the Moncada Barracks, a Cuban military post, on 26 July 1953.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]