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  • Paris, France
    Sunday Jan 1, 1956
    Christine Lagarde

    Birth

    Paris, France
    Sunday Jan 1, 1956

    Lagarde was born in Paris, France.




  • Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
    Sunday Jan 1, 1956
    06:00:00 PM
    Raúl Castro

    Winning in Santiago de Cuba without a fight

    Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
    Sunday Jan 1, 1956
    06:00:00 PM

    The two Castro brothers with their army arrived on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba and said their forces would storm the city at 6 PM 1 January if it did not first surrender. The commander (Colonel Rego Rubido) surrendered Santiago de Cuba without a fight. The war was over and Fidel was able to take power in Havana when he arrived on 8 January 1959.




  • Paris, France
    Tuesday Jan 3, 1956
    Eiffel Tower

    Damage of the top of the tower

    Paris, France
    Tuesday Jan 3, 1956

    A fire started in the television transmitter on 3 January 1956, damaging the top of the tower. Repairs took a year, and in 1957, the present radio aerial was added to the top.




  • Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday Jan 28, 1956
    Neil Armstrong

    1st Marriage

    Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
    Saturday Jan 28, 1956

    Armstrong met Janet Elizabeth Shearon, who was majoring in home economics, at a party hosted by Alpha Chi Omega. According to the couple, there was no real courtship, and neither could remember the exact circumstances of their engagement. They were married on January 28, 1956, at the Congregational Church in Wilmette, Illinois.




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