April 1956

April 1, 1956 (Sunday)

April 2, 1956 (Monday)

April 3, 1956 (Tuesday)

April 4, 1956 (Wednesday)

April 5, 1956 (Thursday)

April 6, 1956 (Friday)

April 7, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Following the country's independence from France, Spain discontinues the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, ceding its territory to the newly established kingdom.

April 8, 1956 (Sunday)

April 9, 1956 (Monday)

April 10, 1956 (Tuesday)

April 11, 1956 (Wednesday)

April 12, 1956 (Thursday)

  • Born:
    • Andy García, Cuban actor, in Havana, under the name Andrés Arturo García Menéndez
    • Yasuo Tanaka, Japanese novelist and politician, in Tokyo

April 13, 1956 (Friday)

  • Vietnamese rebel leader Ba Cụt is arrested by a South Vietnam government patrol, following the defeat of his forces.[13]
  • Born: David W. Brown, entrepreneur, AOL founder, created AIM

April 14, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Ampex demonstrates videotape the VR-1000, the first of its line of 2 inch Quadruplex videotape recorders at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago, United States.[14] Later the same year, the first television network programme to use the new Ampex Quadruplex recording system will be shown on CBS.
  • Born: Barbara Bonney, US soprano, in Montclair, New Jersey

April 15, 1956 (Sunday)

April 16, 1956 (Monday)

April 17, 1956 (Tuesday)

Plaque unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1956

April 18, 1956 (Wednesday)

April 19, 1956 (Thursday)

April 20, 1956 (Friday)

April 21, 1956 (Saturday)

April 22, 1956 (Sunday)

April 23, 1956 (Monday)

April 24, 1956 (Tuesday)

April 25, 1956 (Wednesday)

  • The report of the Board of Inquiry into the 1956 Hawker Hunter multiple aircraft accident reports that the primary cause of the accident was a sudden deterioration in the weather, but that it had been an error of judgement to divert the aircraft on the assumption that they could perform a visual landing.[28]
  • Born: Dominique Blanc, French actress, in Lyon

April 26, 1956 (Thursday)

April 27, 1956 (Friday)

  • World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano announces his retirement, aged 32, from professional boxing without having lost any of his 49 bouts.[29]
  • Portuguese cargo ship SS Luabo sinks off the coast of Mozambique, with the loss of fourteen of her 57 crew.[30]
  • The first round of voting in the Burmese general election takes place, resulting in a majority for the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, led by U Nu, in the Burmese Chamber of Deputies.[31]

April 28, 1956 (Saturday)

  • France completes its military withdrawal from Vietnam with the last of the French Expeditionary Force leaving the country.[32]
  • The Canadian Pacific Railway discontinues its Imperial Limited passenger service, its premier passenger train between Montreal and Vancouver, which had been running since 1899, because of the loss of its contract with Royal Mail.[33]

April 29, 1956 (Sunday)

April 30, 1956 (Monday)

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  9. "Helicopter Search Over Clyde". The Times (53502). London. 11 April 1956. col B, p. 17.
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  14. "McDonald Chapel F-4 Tornado - Jefferson County April 15, 1956". Birmingham, Alabama: National Weather Service. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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  24. 1956 All-Ireland Hurling Championship results Archived 2014-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
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  27. "Hunter Aircraft (Report of Inquiry)". Hansard. 25 April 1956. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  28. Mullan (1996). Boxing: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books. p. 81. ISBN 0-7858-0641-5.
  29. "Sinking Of Portuguese Ship". The Times (53519). London. 1 May 1956. col F, p. 10.
  30. Silverstein, Josef (1956). "Politics, Parties and National Elections in Burma". Far Eastern Survey. Institute of Pacific Relations. 25 (12): 177–184. doi:10.1525/as.1956.25.12.01p1086b. JSTOR 3024383.
  31. Logevall, Frederik Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam New York: Random House, 2012, p 650
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  33. "DFB-Pokal 1955-56" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  34. "1956 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
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