January 1956

January 1, 1956 (Sunday)

January 2, 1956 (Monday)

January 3, 1956 (Tuesday)

January 4, 1956 (Wednesday)

January 5, 1956 (Thursday)

  • A Piasecki YH-16A Turbo Transporter helicopter prototype, 50-1270, breaks up and crashes near Swedesboro, New Jersey, near the Delaware River, United States, during a test flight. The cause of the crash was later determined to be the aft slip ring, which led to a failure of the rotor shaft. The two test pilots, Harold Peterson and George Callaghan, are killed, and the YH-16 is later cancelled.[10]
  • The Dutch coaster SS Hartel collides with French ship SS Penhir in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England. All nine people on board are rescued.[11]
  • The British cargo ship SS Gem collides with Norwegian ship SS Kallgeir at Poortershaven in the Netherlands, and is beached.[12]

January 6, 1956 (Friday)

January 7, 1956 (Saturday)

January 8, 1956 (Sunday)

January 9, 1956 (Monday)

January 10, 1956 (Tuesday)

  • Norwegian coaster Sirabuen collides with Brazilian ship SS Loide Venezuela and sinks near Kijkduin, Netherlands; only one of her eight crew survives.[20]

January 11, 1956 (Wednesday)

January 12, 1956 (Thursday)

  • An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Budapest, Hungary, resulting in two deaths and major damage.[22]

January 13, 1956 (Friday)

January 14, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Wetzcon 1956, the first science fiction convention ever held in Germany, opens in Wetzlar.[24]

January 15, 1956 (Sunday)

  • Born: Mayawati, Indian politician, in New Delhi

January 16, 1956 (Monday)

January 17, 1956 (Tuesday)

January 18, 1956 (Wednesday)

January 19, 1956 (Thursday)

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January 20, 1956 (Friday)

January 21, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Italian cargo ship Maria Pompei runs aground at Aberavon beach in Wales.[29]
  • Born: Geena Davis, US actress, in Wareham, Massachusetts

January 22, 1956 (Sunday)

January 23, 1956 (Monday)

  • British cargo ship SS Baltrover runs aground at the mouth of the Elbe river in West Germany.[32]
  • Died: Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-born British film producer and director (heart attack)[33]

January 26, 1956 (Thursday)

January 27, 1956 (Friday)

  • Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Supreme General in Chief of Colombia, issues "Decree 133 of 1956", transforming the General Secretariat into the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic.[35]
  • Died: Erich Kleiber, 65, Austrian conductor and composer (heart attack)

January 28, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on US national television on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show.

January 29, 1956 (Sunday)

January 30, 1956 (Monday)

January 31, 1956 (Tuesday)

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