September 1956

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The following events occurred in September 1956:

September 1, 1956 (Saturday)[]

September 2, 1956 (Sunday)[]

  • The 1956 Italian Grand Prix is held at Monza, Italy, and is won by Stirling Moss of the UK, after championship leader Juan Manuel Fangio suffers a mechanical failure. Fangio's Ferrari teammate Peter Collins gives up his car to Fangio, who finishes second and wins the drivers' championship.[1]

September 3, 1956 (Monday)[]

  • US Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson marches with 75,000 citizens in Detroit's annual Labor Day parade and addresses the crowd, outlining his "New America" plan for education and health.[2]
  • Suez Crisis: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower writes to UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden, mentioning the possibility of a threat of armed response. Two days later the contents of the letter are leaked, possibly by Walter Monckton, resulting in Eisenhower calling a press conference.[3]

September 4, 1956 (Tuesday)[]

September 5, 1956 (Wednesday)[]

September 6, 1956 (Thursday)[]

  • US poet Richard Eberhart, reporting for The New York Times from San Francisco, publishes an article in the New York Times Book Review identifying Allen Ginsberg's Howl as "the most remarkable poem of the young group" of poets becoming known as the leaders of the Beat Generation.[6]
  • Died: Michael Ventris, 34, English philologist who first deciphered the Linear B script, killed in a car accident[7]

September 7, 1956 (Friday)[]

  • Iven C. Kincheloe flies the Bell X-2 to a peak altitude of 126,200 ft (38,466 m), the first time a pilot has exceeded 100,000 ft (30,500 m).
  • Liberian cargo ship Seagate runs aground on the Sonora Reef, off the coast of Washington, United States, and the vessel breaks in two.[8]
  • Born: Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist, in Columbus, Ohio

September 8, 1956 (Saturday)[]

September 9, 1956 (Sunday)[]

September 10, 1956 (Monday)[]

  • On a visit to the UK at the height of the Suez crisis, France's Prime Minister Guy Mollet proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. Britain's Prime Minister Anthony Eden rejects the idea.[11]
  • Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK's Foreign Office, writes to the British Ambassador in Egypt, warning that allowing President Gamal Abdel Nasser to consolidate his position, it will cause the flow of Middle Eastern oil to the UK to dry up, ruining the British economy.[12]
  • The gubernatorial election for the US state of Maine is won by the incumbent, Democrat Edmund Muskie, with a majority of 55,859 votes.[13]

September 11, 1956 (Tuesday)[]

September 12, 1956 (Wednesday)[]

September 13, 1956 (Thursday)[]

September 14, 1956 (Friday)[]

  • British playwright Harold Pinter marries actress Vivien Merchant in a civil ceremony at Bournemouth, UK.[16]
  • Born: Kostas Karamanlis, Greek politician (Prime Minister 2004-2009), in Athens

September 15, 1956 (Saturday)[]

September 16, 1956 (Sunday)[]

  • Television broadcasting in Australia begins, with the launch of the country's first TV station TCN-9, transmitting in the Sydney area after two months of tests.[21]
  • In the United States, the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad begins operating on a new route, reducing travel time between Gary, Indiana, and Chicago.[22]
  • In Sweden's general election, the Swedish Social Democratic Party retains 106 of the 231 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.[23] The party's leader, incumbent Prime Minister Tage Erlander, forms a majority government in coalition with the Farmers' League.
  • The Greek coaster Irene founders south-east of Crete. All ten crew members are rescued by the UK ship Norman Prince.[24]
  • Born: David Copperfield, US magician and illusionist, in Metuchen, New Jersey

September 17, 1956 (Monday)[]

  • A Boeing B-52B Stratofortress of the United States Air Force 93d Bomb Wing, crashes after an in-flight fire while returning to Castle AFB, California, having lost a wing. It lands near Highway 99, nine miles SE of Madera, California, resulting in the deaths of five crew members, the other two having bailed out safely.[25]
  • A Lockheed U-2A, delivered to the CIA on 13 January 1956, crashes while taking off from Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, when the aircraft stalls at 35,000 feet (11,000 m); Agency pilot Howard Carey is killed.[26]
  • Born: Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 3-Time Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan and 4th President of Kyrgyzstan, in Arashan, Kirghiz SSR

September 18, 1956 (Tuesday)[]

September 19, 1956 (Wednesday)[]

September 20, 1956 (Thursday)[]

September 21, 1956 (Friday)[]

September 22, 1956 (Saturday)[]

September 23, 1956 (Sunday)[]

  • A tropical storm in the Atlantic develops into Hurricane Flossy, which eventually makes landfall in Florida, United States.[31] Total damage caused by the hurricane in the United States is estimated at $24.8 million (1956 USD).
  • Ramat Rachel shooting attack: Soldiers of the Jordanian Legion fire on a group of Israeli archaeologists working inside Israeli territory near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. Four people are killed and 16 others injured. Jordan officially apologises and blames the incident on a single individual.[32]
  • The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ends with Wexford retaining their title by defeating Cork.[33]
  • Born: Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer, in Prato

September 24, 1956 (Monday)[]

September 25, 1956 (Tuesday)[]

  • The submarine transatlantic telephone cable between the United States and the United Kingdom is put into operation.[35]
  • Kenya's general election begins; it will last a week to enable those in more remote areas to participate.[36]

September 26, 1956 (Wednesday)[]

September 27, 1956 (Thursday)[]

September 28, 1956 (Friday)[]

September 29, 1956 (Saturday)[]

  • Port Adelaide defeat West Adelaide to win their third successive South Australian National Football League premiership, scoring 12.9 (81) to 9.11 (65).
  • It is confirmed that Australian rules football will be included as a demonstration sport at the forthcoming Melbourne Olympics.[40]
  • Born: Sebastian Coe, English athlete and politician, in London
  • Died: Anastasio Somoza García, 60, President of Nicaragua, from gunshot wounds received in an assassination attempt a week earlier.[41]

September 30, 1956 (Sunday)[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1956 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Adlai Hits Job, Farm, Inflation Issues". Detroit Free Press. September 4, 1956. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Jonathan Pearson (5 November 2002). Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 200–. ISBN 978-0-230-51259-7.
  4. ^ Television i Sverige - Ägande och struktur, Ministry of Culture, 1996, p. 8
  5. ^ This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
  6. ^ Ginsberg, Allen (1995). Miles, Barry (ed.). Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Editions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography. HarperPerennial. p. 155.
  7. ^ Robinson, Andrew (2002). The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd. p. 151. ISBN 0-500-51077-6.
  8. ^ "LIBERTY SHIPS - H". Mariners. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  9. ^ Edgerton, Gary R. (2007). The Columbia History of American Television. Columbia University Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-231-12165-2.
  10. ^ La Liga 1956/1957
  11. ^ France and UK considered 1950s 'merger', The Guardian
  12. ^ Keith Kyle, Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East. (I.B. Tauris, 2003), pp. 225–226.
  13. ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. pp. 1497–1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8.
  14. ^ Typhoon Emma Report at the United States Army Center of Military History
  15. ^ Cunningham, Ross (September 12, 1956). "Demos Make Heavy Gains in State Vote". The Seattle Times. p. 1.
  16. ^ Details about the Pinters' marriage and their family life are provided by Michael Billington The Life and Work of Harold Pinter (London: Faber and Faber, 1996); rev. ed. Harold Pinter (London: Faber and Faber, 2007). (Pinter's official authorized biography.)
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  18. ^ Asian Cup - Know Your History; Part One
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  21. ^ "First test broadcast by TCN". The Daily Telegraph, 1956-14-07. Page 1.
  22. ^ "South Shore Railroad history". Chicago Post-Tribune. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.[dead link]
  23. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1858 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  24. ^ "Crew Of Greek Ship Rescued". The Times (53639). London. 17 September 1956. col B, p. 7.
  25. ^ Willis, David, "Boeing's Timeless Deterrent – B-52 Stratofortress – From Conception to Hanoi, Part One", Air Enthusiast, Stamford, Lincs, UK, Number 119, September–October: 2005, page 59.
  26. ^ Pocock, Chris, "50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the 'Dragon Lady' ", Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania, LCCN 2005-927577, ISBN 978-0-7643-2346-1, page 406.
  27. ^ Ellison, Lillian. First Goddess of the Squared Circle, pp. 98–100.
  28. ^ "Jupiter-C Explorer-I". NASA.
  29. ^ Zimnuich, Fran (2007). Shortened Seasons: The Untimely Deaths of Major League Baseball’s Stars and Journeymen. USA: Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 9781589793637.
  30. ^ Sanchez, Edwin. "Alemán cometió enorme agravio". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  31. ^ Canadian Hurricane Center. Storms of 1956. Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  32. ^ Israel Rejects Jordan's Claim Madman Killed 3, Meriden Journal, 24 September 1956, accessed 16 August 2016 [1]
  33. ^ "All-Ireland win 1956". Ask About Ireland website. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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  36. ^ "Polling Method In Kenya: Appeal For Reform" The Times, 29 September 1956, p5, Issue 53649
  37. ^ Machat, Mike. Color Schemes of the Bell X-2." Airpower, Volume 35, no. 1 January 2005, p. 37.
  38. ^ Banfield, Stephen. Gerald Finzi: An English Composer (Faber, 1997) ISBN 0-571-16269-X
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  40. ^ Taylor, P. "We will see Games footy", The Argus, (Saturday, 29 September 1956), p.20
  41. ^ The End and the Beginning; The Nicaraguan Revolution John A. Booth, Pg. 66–68
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