At A Glance

19 February 1956 at a glance

Day of the week
19 February 1956 was a Sunday.
Top Film of 1956
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.
Star sign
The star sign for 19 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 February 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 February 1956 was First Quarter.

On this day: 19 February

  • 1949 Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
  • 1954 Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  • 1959 The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
  • 1960 China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
  • 1963 The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.

Famous people born on 19 February

  • Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer (born 2004)
  • Ray Winstone, English actor (born 1957)
  • Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriter (born 1998)
  • Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor, director, and producer (born 1967)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1956 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1956 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 15 February – Senator Owen Sheehy-Skeffington introduced a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.
  • 2 April – President Seán T. O'Kelly unveiled a bust of politician, revolutionary, and suffragist Constance Markievicz in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
  • 1 May – the Minister for Education Richard Mulcahy introduced the debate on a separate government department for the Gaeltacht.

Life in Ireland in 1956

Taoiseach

John A. Costello

Petrol (per litre)

2s 1d/gal

Loaf of Bread

6½d

Average House

£1,800

Weekly Wage

£4 10s

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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s

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