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January 1: Sudan gains independence from the United Kingdom

January 1956 was the first month of that leap year. The month which began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday.

The following events occurred in January 1956:

January 1, 1956 (Sunday)

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January 2, 1956 (Monday)

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January 3, 1956 (Tuesday)

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January 4, 1956 (Wednesday)

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January 5, 1956 (Thursday)

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  • A Piasecki YH-16A Turbo Transporter helicopter prototype, 50-1270, broke up and crashed 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, were killed, and the YH-16 was later cancelled.[11]
  • The Dutch coaster SS Hartel collided with French ship SS Penhir in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, England. All nine people on board were rescued.[12]
  • The British cargo ship SS Gem collided with Norwegian ship SS Kallgeir at Poortershaven in the Netherlands and was beached.[13]

January 6, 1956 (Friday)

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January 7, 1956 (Saturday)

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January 8, 1956 (Sunday)

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January 9, 1956 (Monday)

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January 10, 1956 (Tuesday)

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January 11, 1956 (Wednesday)

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January 12, 1956 (Thursday)

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  • An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Budapest, Hungary, resulting in two deaths and major damage.[24]

January 13, 1956 (Friday)

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January 14, 1956 (Saturday)

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  • Wetzcon 1956, the first science fiction convention ever held in Germany, opened in Wetzlar.[26]

January 15, 1956 (Sunday)

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January 16, 1956 (Monday)

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January 17, 1956 (Tuesday)

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January 18, 1956 (Wednesday)

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January 19, 1956 (Thursday)

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January 20, 1956 (Friday)

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January 21, 1956 (Saturday)

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January 22, 1956 (Sunday)

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January 23, 1956 (Monday)

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  • British cargo ship SS Baltrover ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe river in West Germany.[35]
  • Died: Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-born British film producer and director, died of a heart attack.[36]

January 24, 1956 (Tuesday)

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January 25, 1956 (Wednesday)

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January 26, 1956 (Thursday)

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Guido Caroli beside the Olympic cauldron

January 27, 1956 (Friday)

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  • Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Supreme General in Chief of Colombia, issued "Decree 133 of 1956", transforming the General Secretariat into the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic.[40]
  • Died: Erich Kleiber, 65, Austrian conductor and composer, died of a heart attack.

January 28, 1956 (Saturday)

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January 29, 1956 (Sunday)

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January 30, 1956 (Monday)

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January 31, 1956 (Tuesday)

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  7. ^ "Lifeboat Driven Onto Ship Saves Crew". The Times. No. 53418. London. 3 January 1956. col D, p. 6.
  8. ^ "Tanker Aground Off Dutch Coast". The Times. No. 53418. London. 3 January 1956. col B, p. 5.
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  24. ^ "Significant Earthquake HUNGARY". National Geophysical Data Center. January 12, 1956. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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