January 1956

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The following events occurred in 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.
  • 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.
  • The British cargo ship SS Gem collides with Norwegian ship SS Kallgeir at Poortershaven in the Netherlands, and is beached.

January 6, 1956 (Friday)

January 7, 1956 (Saturday)

January 8, 1956 (Sunday)

January 9, 1956 (Monday)

January 10, 1956 (Tuesday)

January 11, 1956 (Wednesday)

January 12, 1956 (Thursday)

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

January 13, 1956 (Friday)

January 14, 1956 (Saturday)

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

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)

January 20, 1956 (Friday)

January 21, 1956 (Saturday)

  • Italian cargo ship Maria Pompei runs aground at Aberavon beach in Wales.
  • 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.
  • Died: Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-born British film producer and director (heart attack)

January 24, 1956 (Tuesday)

January 25, 1956 (Wednesday)

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.
  • Died: Erich Kleiber, 65, Austrian conductor and composer (heart attack)

January 28, 1956 (Saturday)

January 29, 1956 (Sunday)

January 30, 1956 (Monday)

January 31, 1956 (Tuesday)


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