On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Stevenson says campaign will be run from Washington; says Stevenson-Kefauver Com under Finnegan and Volunteers for Stevenson will open hdqrs, Washington; makes TV films
Queen and Prince end discord; issue communique taking note of Comm advice on problems stemming from Queen's ties with Hofmans; Queen decides to end relationship with Hofmans indefinitely; her private sec and chief lady-in-waiting, supporters of Hofmans, may be replaced; Queen agrees not to attend confs devoted to 'spiritual leadership' led by Hofmans repr
5-nation com meets; Menzies stresses deliberations will be secret; gives com's message to Egyptian Amb requesting prompt transmission to Nasser; com names US Embassy aide R Kirk as sec; Henderson arrives, London; Shepilov says com has no status and is outside London conf, press conf; terms conf defeat for forces trying to spur crisis and impose 'colonialist' demands on Egypt; terms Dulles plan violation of Egypt's sovereignty; denies 18 states unconditionally accept it, citing delegates urging of negotiation; says his earlier view that Dulles was seeking peaceful settlement was unfortunately just an impression; Lloyd says it would be 'a very serious matter' if Nasser does not heed opinion of 18 nations, radio int; Abdulgani leaves London for visit to Nasser; says he will transmit conciliatory spirit of conf; Menon to visit Egypt; wishes Menzies com well; says India has no objection to Dulles plan if Egypt accepts it
US Army ct-martial sentences 4 to life terms, 3 to 40 yrs each
Police seize ed of Tribuna da Imprensa; bar reasons; pub of 'manifesto' by self-exiled ed C Lacerda charging Govt bows to Communists and is dominated by 'traitors' linked; Estado de Sao Paulo also pub manifesto but is not bothered; manifesto coincides with 2d anniv of Pres Vargas suicide; Kubitschek, Goulart and Communist Imprensa Popular laud Vargas; Goulart recently denied Tribuna implications he recd funds from former Peron regime in Argentina; special comm probes issue; police say Kubitschek agrees that paper may appear if it bars Lacerda criticisms of top Govt aides
1956Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer[†]
Matthew James Aitken is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as part of the 1980s/early-1990s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.
1956Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Takeshi Okada is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the owner of FC Imabari
1956Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (died 1986)[†]
Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer.
1956Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (born 1894)[†]
Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as for the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s, and has continued to provoke controversy decades after his death. His work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States as well as internationally.
In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]