Historical figures in 1956
The atlas holds 87 people and 142 moments here, in 1956. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Tunku Abdul Rahman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Dalida
in 1956
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Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1956
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Diego Rivera
in 1956
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Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Dolly Parton
in 1956
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American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…
Dolores del Río
in 1956
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Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Doris Lessing
in 1956
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British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1956
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English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Edgar Lungu
in 1956
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Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Édith Piaf
in 1956
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French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Elvis Presley
in 1956
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American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1956
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1956
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Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Federico Fellini
in 1956
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Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…
Fidel Castro
in 1956
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Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1956
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1956
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Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Glynis Johns
in 1956
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British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Golda Meir
in 1956
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Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Grace Kelly
in 1956
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American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Helen Keller
in 1956
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Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1956
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1956
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Isaac Asimov
in 1956
1 moment here
American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Jacques Chirac
in 1956
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Moments
- 1956 Head of the National Military Academy Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1956 State visit to the Philippines Norodom Sihanouk
- 1956 Paris residence near Bois de Boulogne Olivia de Havilland
- 1956 Study tour of Belgium Patrice Lumumba
- 1956 Arrival for Santos trial Pelé
- 1956 Successful second Mumbai solo attempt Ram Narayan
- 1956 First LP recorded in London Ravi Shankar
- 1956 Performs at Park Güell Salvador Dalí
- 1956 Nurse on Inhaca Island Samora Machel
- 1956 British Association meeting in England Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1956 Vice-Chancellor at Visva-Bharati Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1956 First visit to Beijing Sukarno
- 1956 Joined the MRC molecular-biology unit Sydney Brenner
- 1956 Teaching in Đà Lạt Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1956 Move to St. Louis Tina Turner
- 1956 Merdeka Mission departure Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1956 Merdeka Mission enters Lancaster House Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1956 Secret Speech at the Twentieth Party Congress Nikita Khrushchev
- 1956 First visit to China Norodom Sihanouk
- 1956 Independence-date announcement in Malacca Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1956 Return journey break in Cairo Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1956 Signing the Treaty of London Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1956 Arrives at Berlin Ostbahnhof Diego Rivera
- 1956 Boycott-related visit and address Rosa Parks
- 1956 Les Numéros 1 de demain contest Dalida
- 1956 Returns to Mexico from the Soviet Union Diego Rivera
- 1956 First Las Vegas residency Elvis Presley
- 1956 Milton Berle Show aboard USS Hancock Elvis Presley
- 1956 Arab defense-pact summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1956 Civil marriage to Prince Rainier Grace Kelly
- 1956 Religious wedding ceremony Grace Kelly
- 1956 Constitutional talks delegation Lee Kuan Yew
- 1956 Barclay recording contract Dalida
- 1956 Triumphant Olympia return Édith Piaf
- 1956 Witness to helicopter event Federico Fellini
- 1956 Arrival in Accra Louis Armstrong
- 1956 Address to the U.S. Congress Sukarno
- 1956 First European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1956 Lindau lecture on elementary particles Hideki Yukawa
- 1956 State visit to Bucharest Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to Budapest Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to East Berlin Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to Plzeň Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to Prague Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to Sofia Kim Il Sung
- 1956 Visit to Moscow under Khrushchev Kim Il Sung
- 1956 Visit to Tirana Kim Il Sung
- 1956 Plas Penrhyn becomes principal residence Bertrand Russell
- 1956 Anastasia debut at Falmouth Playhouse Dolores del Río
- 1956 State visit and Brioni Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser