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January 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
4 centenaries
3 transitions
66 birthdays

2

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

3

47 birthdays

4

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

5

1 death
43 birthdays

6

1 centenary
44 birthdays

7

1 death
3 centenaries
42 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 centenaries
41 birthdays

9

1 death
4 centenaries
40 birthdays

10

2 centenaries
45 birthdays

11

5 centenaries
1 transition
41 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

13

1 centenary
38 birthdays

14

1 death
4 centenaries
42 birthdays

15

1 birth
41 birthdays

16

5 centenaries
44 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

18

2 centenaries
48 birthdays

19

1 death
1 transition
46 birthdays

20

1 birth
34 birthdays

21

1 death
2 centenaries
28 birthdays

22

1 birth
1 centenary
55 birthdays

23

1 centenary
50 birthdays

24

1 death
4 centenaries
51 birthdays

25

5 centenaries
35 birthdays

26

1 death
3 centenaries
2 transitions
43 birthdays

27

1 death
3 centenaries
43 birthdays

28

2 births
1 death
3 centenaries
40 birthdays

29

1 marriage
2 centenaries
51 birthdays

30

3 centenaries
41 birthdays

31

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
43 birthdays


February 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
1 centenary
36 birthdays

2

2 deaths
5 centenaries
57 birthdays

3

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

4

1 marriage
3 centenaries
43 birthdays

5

1 death
4 centenaries
47 birthdays

6

1 death
5 centenaries
42 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
6 centenaries
3 elections
40 birthdays

8

1 death
49 birthdays

9

1 centenary
42 birthdays

10

4 centenaries
48 birthdays

11

1 death
2 centenaries
44 birthdays

12

1 marriage
1 death
6 centenaries
52 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
41 birthdays

14

4 centenaries
1 election
62 birthdays

15

1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
35 birthdays

16

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
43 birthdays

17

2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
40 birthdays

18

1 birth
3 centenaries
36 birthdays

19

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
33 birthdays

20

2 centenaries
1 election
43 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 election
45 birthdays

22

2 deaths
2 centenaries
48 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
39 birthdays

24

50 birthdays

25

2 centenaries
49 birthdays

26

1 centenary
39 birthdays

27

1 centenary
1 transition
48 birthdays

28

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
43 birthdays

29

1 death
3 centenaries
11 birthdays


March 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 centenaries
2 transitions
37 birthdays

2

4 centenaries
43 birthdays

3

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
49 birthdays

4

1 death
7 centenaries
39 birthdays

5

1 death
4 centenaries
44 birthdays

6

2 centenaries
3 elections
44 birthdays

7

1 birth
5 centenaries
42 birthdays

8

1 birth
2 centenaries
41 birthdays

9

1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

10

1 marriage
3 centenaries
38 birthdays

11

1 birth
6 centenaries
45 birthdays

12

3 centenaries
44 birthdays

13

6 centenaries
39 birthdays

14

1 centenary
37 birthdays

15

5 centenaries
52 birthdays

16

1 centenary
42 birthdays

17

4 centenaries
45 birthdays

18

2 centenaries
35 birthdays

19

3 centenaries
37 birthdays

20

1 death
5 centenaries
47 birthdays

21

1 death
4 centenaries
29 birthdays

22

1 death
4 centenaries
43 birthdays

23

1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
46 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 centenaries
44 birthdays

25

4 centenaries
26 birthdays

26

3 centenaries
56 birthdays

27

1 death
1 centenary
1 election
38 birthdays

28

1 centenary
60 birthdays

29

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
60 birthdays

30

3 centenaries
36 birthdays

31

3 deaths
1 centenary
40 birthdays


April 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 centenaries
40 birthdays

2

1 marriage
2 deaths
1 centenary
42 birthdays

3

5 elections
31 birthdays

4

1 death
3 centenaries
1 transition
51 birthdays

5

1 birth
2 centenaries
43 birthdays

6

2 births
2 centenaries
36 birthdays

7

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
46 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
42 birthdays

9

3 centenaries
36 birthdays

10

1 centenary
30 birthdays

11

1 death
4 centenaries
43 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 marriage
2 centenaries
44 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
40 birthdays

14

1 marriage
2 centenaries
40 birthdays

15

1 death
1 centenary
47 birthdays

16

1 death
5 centenaries
2 transitions
45 birthdays

17

2 centenaries
42 birthdays

18

1 centenary
40 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
37 birthdays

20

44 birthdays

21

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

22

2 centenaries
29 birthdays

23

1 death
2 centenaries
38 birthdays

24

1 centenary
1 transition
5 elections
41 birthdays

25

1 death
2 centenaries
34 birthdays

26

1 death
4 centenaries
45 birthdays

27

2 births
1 death
1 transition
48 birthdays

28

1 death
1 transition
37 birthdays

29

3 deaths
1 transition
41 birthdays

30

2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
37 birthdays


May 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

6 centenaries
1 transition
37 birthdays

2

1 centenary
57 birthdays

3

1 centenary
34 birthdays

4

1 marriage
2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
46 birthdays

5

1 centenary
40 birthdays

6

3 centenaries
46 birthdays

7

35 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
1 election
42 birthdays

9

2 deaths
1 centenary
38 birthdays

10

1 death
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

11

1 death
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

12

2 centenaries
50 birthdays

13

1 centenary
39 birthdays

14

1 death
4 centenaries
2 transitions
48 birthdays

15

3 centenaries
1 transition
49 birthdays

16

1 birth
3 centenaries
49 birthdays

17

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
40 birthdays

18

3 centenaries
3 elections
38 birthdays

19

1 marriage
44 birthdays

20

1 birth
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

21

2 deaths
1 centenary
1 transition
36 birthdays

22

2 deaths
1 centenary
34 birthdays

23

3 centenaries
38 birthdays

24

1 centenary
1 transition
32 birthdays

25

1 birth
2 deaths
2 centenaries
1 transition
37 birthdays

26

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
42 birthdays

27

1 centenary
32 birthdays

28

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
50 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
35 birthdays

30

1 birth
3 centenaries
46 birthdays

31

1 death
1 centenary
37 birthdays


June 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
2 deaths
6 centenaries
46 birthdays

2

1 death
2 centenaries
34 birthdays

3

1 birth
2 centenaries
31 birthdays

4

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
36 birthdays

5

1 birth
2 centenaries
2 elections
26 birthdays

6

1 death
3 centenaries
40 birthdays

7

1 death
1 centenary
35 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
34 birthdays

9

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
42 birthdays

10

1 centenary
40 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
40 birthdays

12

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

13

2 deaths
33 birthdays

14

1 centenary
54 birthdays

15

3 centenaries
47 birthdays

16

1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
38 birthdays

17

1 marriage
4 centenaries
44 birthdays

18

3 centenaries
42 birthdays

19

2 deaths
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

20

1 birth
3 centenaries
1 transition
39 birthdays

21

1 centenary
39 birthdays

22

1 death
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

23

1 marriage
2 centenaries
53 birthdays

24

3 centenaries
52 birthdays

25

1 centenary
41 birthdays

26

1 birth
4 centenaries
37 birthdays

27

1 birth
2 deaths
1 centenary
38 birthdays

28

2 centenaries
50 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
49 birthdays

30

1 marriage
1 death
3 centenaries
43 birthdays


July 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 centenary
1 transition
41 birthdays

2

1 marriage
2 centenaries
38 birthdays

3

1 death
40 birthdays

4

1 centenary
48 birthdays

5

1 death
2 centenaries
47 birthdays

6

1 marriage
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

7

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
56 birthdays

8

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

9

4 centenaries
39 birthdays

10

1 birth
2 centenaries
39 birthdays

11

3 centenaries
37 birthdays

12

1 death
2 centenaries
43 birthdays

13

1 birth
2 centenaries
37 birthdays

14

1 birth
2 centenaries
38 birthdays

15

1 centenary
50 birthdays

16

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
3 centenaries
51 birthdays

17

1 death
42 birthdays

18

1 death
1 centenary
47 birthdays

19

3 centenaries
38 birthdays

20

2 deaths
1 centenary
47 birthdays

21

1 death
5 centenaries
54 birthdays

22

1 death
4 centenaries
39 birthdays

23

1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

24

1 birth
2 centenaries
58 birthdays

25

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

26

2 deaths
3 centenaries
53 birthdays

27

1 birth
37 birthdays

28

1 marriage
1 death
40 birthdays

29

1 birth
1 death
1 transition
50 birthdays

30

3 centenaries
31 birthdays

31

1 birth
2 centenaries
43 birthdays


August 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
2 transitions
41 birthdays

2

3 centenaries
38 birthdays

3

1 death
1 centenary
44 birthdays

4

1 birth
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
42 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
58 birthdays

7

1 death
3 centenaries
6 elections
46 birthdays

8

1 death
49 birthdays

9

5 centenaries
47 birthdays

10

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

11

1 centenary
42 birthdays

12

3 centenaries
38 birthdays

13

1 death
2 centenaries
39 birthdays

14

3 centenaries
39 birthdays

15

1 birth
1 marriage
2 deaths
3 centenaries
51 birthdays

16

1 marriage
3 centenaries
42 birthdays

17

1 death
5 centenaries
1 election
45 birthdays

18

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
37 birthdays

19

2 centenaries
46 birthdays

20

1 centenary
48 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 marriage
1 centenary
46 birthdays

22

1 death
6 centenaries
1 election
42 birthdays

23

2 centenaries
47 birthdays

24

2 births
48 birthdays

25

2 deaths
3 centenaries
42 birthdays

26

2 deaths
2 centenaries
41 birthdays

27

2 births
1 centenary
47 birthdays

28

1 death
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
49 birthdays

30

3 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
40 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 centenary
46 birthdays


September 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

4 centenaries
1 transition
51 birthdays

2

3 centenaries
41 birthdays

3

3 centenaries
44 birthdays

4

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

5

1 death
7 centenaries
37 birthdays

6

1 birth
2 centenaries
50 birthdays

7

1 centenary
48 birthdays

8

1 marriage
2 centenaries
43 birthdays

9

3 centenaries
36 birthdays

10

1 death
1 centenary
2 elections
51 birthdays

11

2 births
2 centenaries
6 elections
40 birthdays

12

2 births
1 death
3 centenaries
45 birthdays

13

1 death
2 centenaries
44 birthdays

14

1 death
4 centenaries
44 birthdays

15

1 marriage
4 centenaries
1 transition
54 birthdays

16

1 death
3 centenaries
47 birthdays

17

3 centenaries
41 birthdays

18

3 centenaries
41 birthdays

19

1 centenary
44 birthdays

20

5 centenaries
41 birthdays

21

3 centenaries
46 birthdays

22

4 centenaries
52 birthdays

23

3 centenaries
42 birthdays

24

2 centenaries
39 birthdays

25

3 centenaries
41 birthdays

26

2 centenaries
37 birthdays

27

39 birthdays

28

46 birthdays

29

2 centenaries
55 birthdays

30

1 marriage
3 centenaries
42 birthdays


October 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 death
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

2

1 death
4 centenaries
50 birthdays

3

2 centenaries
47 birthdays

4

3 centenaries
31 birthdays

5

1 birth
32 birthdays

6

1 marriage
3 deaths
5 centenaries
48 birthdays

7

1 death
4 centenaries
42 birthdays

8

1 death
3 centenaries
55 birthdays

9

1 birth
44 birthdays

10

4 centenaries
54 birthdays

11

1 centenary
42 birthdays

12

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
40 birthdays

13

1 centenary
34 birthdays

14

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
43 birthdays

15

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
63 birthdays

16

1 death
2 centenaries
1 transition
53 birthdays

17

1 centenary
46 birthdays

18

1 birth
1 death
6 centenaries
38 birthdays

19

2 centenaries
30 birthdays

20

1 marriage
4 centenaries
42 birthdays

21

4 centenaries
40 birthdays

22

1 death
3 centenaries
30 birthdays

23

1 death
4 centenaries
42 birthdays

24

1 death
42 birthdays

25

1 death
1 centenary
45 birthdays

26

1 death
1 centenary
48 birthdays

27

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
39 birthdays

28

2 centenaries
36 birthdays

29

2 deaths
3 centenaries
46 birthdays

30

2 births
4 centenaries
31 birthdays

31

1 birth
1 death
41 birthdays


November 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

1 marriage
1 death
5 centenaries
42 birthdays

2

5 centenaries
1 election
40 birthdays

3

5 centenaries
50 birthdays

4

1 death
3 centenaries
40 birthdays

5

3 centenaries
44 birthdays

6

1 birth
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
152 elections
45 birthdays

7

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
43 birthdays

8

1 birth
1 death
5 centenaries
45 birthdays

9

1 birth
1 marriage
1 death
2 centenaries
38 birthdays

10

1 marriage
5 centenaries
46 birthdays

11

1 death
3 centenaries
53 birthdays

12

54 birthdays

13

1 birth
1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
34 birthdays

14

2 births
1 death
4 centenaries
42 birthdays

15

2 centenaries
47 birthdays

16

3 centenaries
1 transition
27 birthdays

17

1 marriage
3 deaths
4 centenaries
52 birthdays

18

1 centenary
33 birthdays

19

1 birth
1 death
42 birthdays

20

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
54 birthdays

21

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
45 birthdays

22

2 deaths
3 centenaries
56 birthdays

23

1 marriage
2 deaths
3 centenaries
48 birthdays

24

1 death
1 centenary
38 birthdays

25

5 centenaries
36 birthdays

26

1 death
2 centenaries
39 birthdays

27

1 marriage
1 centenary
44 birthdays

28

1 death
2 centenaries
38 birthdays

29

1 death
4 centenaries
48 birthdays

30

5 centenaries
47 birthdays


December 1956
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 deaths
5 centenaries
2 transitions
30 birthdays

2

1 marriage
38 birthdays

3

6 centenaries
49 birthdays

4

5 centenaries
29 birthdays

5

1 birth
1 death
5 centenaries
33 birthdays

6

1 birth
3 centenaries
53 birthdays

7

1 death
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

8

2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
46 birthdays

9

54 birthdays

10

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
45 birthdays

11

2 centenaries
43 birthdays

12

1 birth
4 centenaries
41 birthdays

13

1 centenary
36 birthdays

14

1 birth
1 death
2 centenaries
42 birthdays

15

1 death
5 centenaries
45 birthdays

16

2 deaths
4 centenaries
1 transition
42 birthdays

17

1 centenary
50 birthdays

18

4 centenaries
49 birthdays

19

1 birth
3 centenaries
40 birthdays

20

1 death
1 centenary
55 birthdays

21

1 marriage
1 death
1 centenary
1 transition
58 birthdays

22

1 death
4 centenaries
1 transition
39 birthdays

23

1 marriage
1 death
5 centenaries
1 transition
41 birthdays

24

1 birth
1 centenary
37 birthdays

25

1 death
45 birthdays

26

2 deaths
3 centenaries
1 transition
36 birthdays

27

35 birthdays

28

1 birth
1 death
3 centenaries
43 birthdays

29

1 death
4 centenaries
48 birthdays

30

1 birth
2 deaths
3 centenaries
9 transitions
32 birthdays

31

1 death
9 transitions
37 birthdays


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Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025.