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
Jacques Derrida
in 1956
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French philosopher, born Jackie Élie Derrida, associated with deconstruction. His career moved from Algeria and Paris to recurrent teaching and…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1956
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Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jiang Qing
in 1956
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Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1956
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Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1956
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Judy Garland
in 1956
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American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1956
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American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kim Il Sung
in 1956
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Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Konstantin Chernenko
in 1956
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Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1956
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Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1956
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Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Louis Armstrong
in 1956
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American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1956
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Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Marilyn Monroe
in 1956
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American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1956
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American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Milton Obote
in 1956
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Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1956
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
in 1956
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South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1956
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Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1956
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Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1956
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Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Patrice Lumumba
in 1956
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Congolese independence leader and first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. Lumumba worked in Stanleyville, led the Mouvement National…
Pelé
in 1956
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Ram Narayan
in 1956
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Moments
- 1956 Suez Canal nationalization speech Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1956 Conference at Brioni Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1956 Return visit to Moscow Kim Il Sung
- 1956 State visit to Ulaanbaatar Kim Il Sung
- 1956 Visit to Warsaw Kim Il Sung
- 1956 Departure from Bristol for Trinidad V. S. Naipaul
- 1956 Two-month return to Trinidad V. S. Naipaul
- 1956 Return performance in Tupelo Elvis Presley
- 1956 Departure for Asian goodwill tour Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Regency oath at Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall Sirikit
- 1956 Diponegoro Division command Suharto
- 1956 Link-up near Nakla in the Sinai Ariel Sharon
- 1956 Monkhood at Wat Bowonniwet Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1956 Ordination at Wat Phra Kaew Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1956 Conversion to Buddhism at Nagpur B. R. Ambedkar
- 1956 Birth at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Carrie Fisher
- 1956 Major Barbara at the Martin Beck Theatre Glynis Johns
- 1956 Address to Indian community in Osaka Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Arrival at Haneda Airport Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Inaugural lecture in Tokyo Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Meeting at Tokyo Imperial Palace Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Birth in Ninh Bình Province Trần Đại Quang
- 1956 Red Cross Fair attendance Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1956 Fourth World Buddhist Conference B. R. Ambedkar
- 1956 Departure aboard Granma Che Guevara
- 1956 Granma voyage in the Caribbean Sea Che Guevara
- 1956 Visit to Zurich Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1956 Birth at Ndola Central Hospital Edgar Lungu
- 1956 Paris trunks recovered at the Ritz Ernest Hemingway
- 1956 Granma departure Fidel Castro
- 1956 Keller-Macy Cottage dedication Helen Keller
- 1956 Red Cross Fair appearance Sirikit
- 1956 Treason Trial detention at the Old Fort Albert Luthuli
- 1956 European Cup match in Belgrade Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1956 Death at his Delhi home B. R. Ambedkar
- 1956 Landing at Playa Las Coloradas Che Guevara
- 1956 March to Alegría de Pío Che Guevara
- 1956 Granma landing Fidel Castro
- 1956 Sierra Maestra guerrilla base Fidel Castro
- 1956 Rides an integrated Montgomery bus Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1956 Held in Johannesburg Prison Nelson Mandela
- 1956 Symbolic integrated bus ride Rosa Parks