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December 6, 1956

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Headlines from December 6, 1956

HUNGARY BARS BID BY HAMMARSK JOLD TO VISIT ON DEC.16; Budapest Radio Terms Date 'Unsuitable,' but Suggests No Alternative Time LODGE CHARGES AFFRONT Announcement in Broadcast, Instead of Note, Is Called Insult to U.N. Secretary Hungary's Offer Recalled Delegate Is Checking HUNGARY REJECTS U.N. VISIT DEC.16 Unrest Seen as Factor

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

Hungary rejects Hammarskjold plan for visit; Budapest radio calls time 'unsuitable' but suggests go later date; Lodge calls rejection an insult to Hammarskjold and world; other delegates call radio announcement discourteous; no official notice sent UN

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Notable Births

Peter Buck

1956Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[†]

Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has been at various times a member of numerous side project groups. These groups included Arthur Buck, Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Tired Pony, The No-Ones, and Filthy Friends, each of which have released at least one full-length studio album. Additionally, the experimental combo Slow Music have released an official live concert CD. Another side project group called Full Time Men released an EP while Buck was a member. As well, ad hoc "supergroups" Bingo Hand Job, Musical Kings and Nigel & The Crosses have each commercially released one track.

Hans Kammerlander

1956Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide[†]

Hans Kammerlander is an Italian mountaineer, living in Ahornach, a hamlet nearby Sand in Taufers. He has climbed 11 of the 14 8000m peaks. In 1984, together with Reinhold Messner he was the first climber to traverse two 8000 m peaks before descending to base camp.

Randy Rhoads

1956Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982)[†]

Randall William Rhoads was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981). Rhoads was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

Notable Deaths

B. R. Ambedkar

1956B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (born 1891)[†]

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism, converted to Buddhism and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Historical Events

1956A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.[†]

The "Blood in the Water" match was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The semi-final match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the recent Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two minutes with blood pouring from above his eye after being punched by Soviet player Valentin Prokopov.

Historical Context for December 6, 1956

In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]