June 1956 in History

Events in History

Jun 2 Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow

Jun 4 'Secret speech' by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticising Joseph Stalin is made public

Jun 5 US Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Constitutional
Jun 6 David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
Jun 7 Singapore government of Marshall resigns
Jun 8 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
Jun 8 Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. killed by another USAF airman in Vietnam, becoming the first American killed in the Vietnam War
Jun 9 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
Jun 13 Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrats 50/KVP 49
Jun 13 The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt

Jun 17 Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister

Jun 23 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected President of Egypt

Jun 28 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
Jun 28 Riots break out in Poznan, Poland, 38 die
Jun 29 Dutch PM Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
Jun 29 US Federal interstate highway system act signed
Jun 30 United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128

Jun 30 Vladimir Lenin's politics testament (1923) published in Moscow

Jun 2 Malcolm Garrett, English graphic designer
Jun 2 Mark L Polansky, pilot/astronaut, born in Paterson, New Jersey
Jun 4 John Hockenberry, American journalist (HEAT with John Hockenberry), born in Dayton, Ohio
Jun 5 Richard A. Searfoss, American astronaut (STS 58, 76, sk 90), born in Mount Clemons, Michigan
Jun 5 Roger Michell, British stage and screen director (Blue/Orange; Notting Hill; Hyde Park On Hudson), born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 2021)
Jun 6 Jay C Buckey, American physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt, sk: 90), born in NYC, New York
Jun 9 Patricia Cornwell, American author (Kay Scarpetta crime novels), born in Miami, Florida
Jun 10 Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Jun 11 American politician (Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-2010), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Jun 20 Anton Fier, American drummer (The Feelies; The Lounge Lizards; The Golden Palominos), and record producer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2022)
Jun 22 Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
Jun 25 Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa, South African artist, born in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Jun 25 Boris Trajkovski, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia, born in Monospitovo, Strumica, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (d. 2004)
Jun 26 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish-South African leader (United Democratic Front), born in Scotland
Jun 26 Bernard A. Harris Jr., African American astronaut (STS 55, 63), born in Temple, Texas
Jun 27 Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher (New Life Church, Colorado), born in Yorktown, Indiana
Jun 28 Noel Mugavin, Australian rules football player, born in Koroit, Victoria
Jun 29 Pedro Santana Lopes, 116th Prime Minister of Portugal (2004-05), born in Lisbon, Portugal

Jun 16 British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes weds American writer and poet Sylvia Plath at St George the Martyr Holborn in London, England

Jun 6 American archaeologist who re-discovered the Incan site of Machu Picchu, dies at 80

Jun 7 Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
Jun 8 Marie Laurencin, French painter, dies at 72
Jun 11 Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
Jun 17 Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
Jun 19 (Luise) "Lulu" von Strauss und Torney, German poet (Erde der Väter - Our Forefathers' Soil), and novelist (Der jüngste Tag - Judgment Day), dies at 82

Jun 19 American businessman (Chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914-56), dies at 87

Jun 22 Walter de la Mare, British poet and author (The Listeners, Memoirs of a Midget), dies at 83
Jun 23 Michael Arlen [Dikran Kouyoumdjian], British author and scriptwriter (An American Verdict), dies at 60
Jun 24 Earl Morris, American archaeologist (Aztec Ruins National Monument), dies at 66
Jun 25 Ernest J. King, US fleet admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77