Year (''' MCMLVI ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
- June 1 - Vyacheslav Molotov resigns as a foreign minister of Soviet Union ; he later becomes ambassador in Mongolia .
- June 3 - British Rail renamed 'Third Class' passenger facilities as 'Second Class' (Second Class facilities had been abolished in 1875 , leaving just First Class and Third Class).
- June 6 - In Singapore , chief minister David Marshall resigns after breakdown of talks about internal self government in London.
- June 8 - General Electric /Telechron introduces model 7H241 "The Snooz Alarm", first snooze Alarm Clock ever.
- events open in Stockholm , Sweden . (All other events held in November in Melbourne, Australia.)
- June 14 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the phrase "under God" should be added to the Pledge Of Allegiance .
- June 15 - Eindhoven University Of Technology is founded in Eindhoven , The Netherlands .
- June 18 - Last foreign troops leave Egypt .
- June 23 - Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the second president of Egypt .
- June 28 - MP Sydney Silverman 's bill for abolition of Death Penalty passes the British House Of Commons .
- June 28 - Labour Riots At Poznań , Poland , are crushed with heavy loss of life. Soviet troops fire at crowd that protests high prices - 53 dead.
- June 28 - The film version of Rodgers And Hammerstein 's '' The King And I '', starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner , is released only a few months after the film version of R&H's ''Carousel''. But it is ''The King and I'' that will take home Academy Awards , although both films receive critical acclaim and eventually become screen classics.
- June 29 - Actress Marilyn Monroe marries the playwright Arthur Miller .
- June 29 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act , creating the Interstate Highway System
- June 30 - A TWA Lockheed Constellation and United Airlines Douglas DC-7 collide in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash. All 128 people aboard the two aircraft are killed in the disaster. The accident prompts tighter air traffic control to be implemented in the United States.
- January 1 - Mark R. Hughes , American entrepreneur (d. 2000 )
- January 3 - Mel Gibson , Australian actor and director
- January 4 - Bernard Sumner , British guitarist ( Joy Division and New Order )
- January 5 - Chen Kenichi , Japanese chef
- January 7 - David Caruso , American actor
- January 9 - Imelda Staunton , British actress
- January 10 - Shawn Colvin , American singer
- January 14 - Ben Heppner , Canadian tenor
- January 14 - Martyn Davies , ITV National Weather forecaster
- January 16 - Martin Jol , Dutch football manager
- January 17 - Paul Young , English musician
- January 17 - Steve Harvey , American actor
- January 20 - Bill Maher , American actor, comedian, and political analyst
- January 21 - Geena Davis , American actress
- January 25 - Bronwyn Pike , Australian politician
- January 27 - Mimi Rogers , American actress
- January 31 - Johnny Rotten , British singer ( Sex Pistols )
- February 1 - Mike Kitchen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- February 3 - Nathan Lane , American actor
- February 11 - Didier Lockwood , French jazz violinist
- February 12 - Brian Robertson , British guitarist ( Thin Lizzy , Wild Horses , and Motörhead )
- February 13 - Peter Hook , British bassist ( Joy Division and New Order )
- February 13 - Yiannis Kouros , Greek-Australian ultramarathoner
- February 14 - Tom Burlinson , Australian actor
- February 15 - Desmond Haynes , West Indian cricketer
- February 18 - Thomas Gradin , Swedish hockey player
- February 19 - Roderick MacKinnon , American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- February 24 - Judith Butler , Prominent American philosopher
- February 24 - Paula Zahn , American television journalist
- February 25 - Davie Cooper , Scottish footballer (d. 1995 )
- February 26 - Keisuke Kuwata , Japanese musician
- February 28 - Jimmy Nicholl , Canadian-born footballer
- February 29 - Bob Speller , Canadian politician
- February 29 - Aileen Carol Wuornos , American serial killer (d. 2002 )
- April 3 - Ray Combs , American game show host and comedian (d. 1996 )
- April 4 - Kerry Chikarovski , Australian politician
- April 4 - David E. Kelley , American writer and television producer
- April 6 - Dilip Vengsarkar , Indian cricketer
- April 8 - Kane Hodder , American actor
- April 12 - Andy Garcia , American actor
- April 13 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne , New Zealand rally car driver (d. 2003 )
- April 13 - Alison Wheeler , British activist
- April 14 - Barbara Bonney , American soprano
- April 16 - David M. Brown , astronaut (d. 2003 )
- April 16 - Lise-Marie Morerod , Swiss skier
- April 19 - Sue Barker , British tennis player and television presenter
- April 21 - Phillip Longman , American demographer
- April 23 - Judy Davis , Australian actress
- April 26 - Koo Stark , British actress
- April 28 - Jimmy Barnes , Australian musician
- April 30 - Lars Von Trier , Danish film director
- May 1 - Alexander Ivanov , chess Grandmaster
- May 4 - David Guterson , American writer
- May 4 - Ulrike Meyfarth , German high jumper
- May 6 - Vladimir Lisin , Russian Oligarch
- May 7 - Jan Peter Balkenende , Prime Minister Of The Netherlands
- May 7 - Jean Lapierre , Canadian politician and television host
- May 11 - Andrew Hidalgo , American entrepreneur
- May 13 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , Indian guru
- May 13 - Steve Blackwood , American actor and musician
- May 15 - Dan Patrick , American sportscaster
- May 15 - Kjartan Poskitt , English author
- May 16 - Olga Korbut , Russian gymnast
- May 17 - Sugar Ray Leonard , American boxer
- May 17 - Bob Saget , American actor
- May 20 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen , Norwegian author
- May 20 - Dean Butler , American actor
- May 23 - Buck Showalter , baseball player and manager
- May 23 - Ursula Plassnik , Austrian politician
- May 24 - Michael Jackson , Irish Anglican bishop
- May 28 - Jerry Douglas , American Dobro player
- July 2 - Jerry Hall , American model and actress
- July 3 - Rick Ducommun , Canadian actor and comedian
- July 5 - Sheila Walsh , Scottish musician
- July 6 - Casey Sander , American actor
- July 9 - Tom Hanks , American actor
- July 11 - Sela Ward , American actress
- July 12 - Sandi Patty , American Christian musician
- July 14 - Vladimir Kulich , Czech actor
- July 14 - King Diamond , Danish heavy metal musician
- July 15 - Ian Curtis , British musician ( Joy Division ) (d. 1980 )
- July 15 - Barry Melrose , Canadian hockey player, coach, and commentator
- July 15 - Marky Ramone American drummer ( The Ramones )
- July 16 - Tony Kushner , American playwright
- July 18 - Sheila Aldridge , American singer, ''The Aldridge Sisters''
- July 24 - Pat Finn , American game show host and producer
- July 26 - Andy Goldsworthy , British sculptor and photographer
- July 27 - Robert Kirkpatrick , American animator and ''Jeopardy!'' contestant
- July 31 - Michael Biehn , American actor
- August 1 - Martin Harris , English Builder and Consultant
- August 1 - Steve Green , American musician
- August 5 - Maureen McCormick , American actress
- August 14 - Rusty Wallace , American race car driver
- August 20 - Joan Allen , American actress
- August 21 - Kim Cattrall , Canadian actress
- August 21 - Anselmo Feleppa , clothes designer & Ex George Michael´s Boyfriend
- August 22 - Paul Molitor , baseball player
- August 23 - Andreas Floer , German mathematician (d. 1991 )
- August 24 - John Culberson , American politician
- August 29 - Mark Morris , American choreographer
- August 31 - Masashi Tashiro , Japanese television performer
- September 1 - Bernie Wagenblast , American editor and broadcaster
- September 11 - Phil Bissett , American politician
- September 12 - Ricky Rudd , American race car driver
- September 14 - Kostas Karamanlis , Greek politician
- September 14 - Ray Wilkins , English footballer and coach
- September 16 - Mickey Rourke , American actor
- September 16 - David Copperfield , American illusionist
- September 20 - Gary Cole , American actor
- September 21 - Jack Givens , American basketball player
- September 24 - Peter Fox , Australian, CEO/GM Venues (Aquatics, Major Events) Non-Profits, Community Recreation, Mgt Consultant
- September 25 - Jamie Hyneman , Mythbusters co-host
- September 26 - Linda Hamilton , American actress
- September 29 - Sebastian Coe , British athlete, co-ordinator of London 2012 Olympic Games
- September 29 - Kenneth Newby , Canadian Media Artist
- November 4 - Jordan Rudess , American musician ( Dream Theater )
- November 10 - Mohsen Badawi , Entrepreneur , political activist and writer
- November 18 - Noel Brotherston , Irish footballer (d. 1995 )
- November 18 - Warren Moon , American football player
- November 20 - Bo Derek , American actress
- November 21 - Ed Kaz , American journalist
- November 23 - Shane Gould , Australian swimmer
- November 23 - Nikolay Sidorov , former Soviet athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- November 26 - Dale Jarrett , American race car driver
- November 27 - William Fichtner , American actor
- November 28 - Lucy Gutteridge , British actress
- November 29 - Leo Laporte , American author and television host
- November 29 - Eric Laakso , Retired Miami Dolphins NFL Offensive Tackle
- December 5 - Krystian Zimerman , Polish pianist
- December 5 - Brian Backer , American actor
- December 6 - Peter Buck , American guitarist ( R.E.M. )
- December 6 - Randy Rhoads , American guitarist ( Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne ) (d. 1982 )
- December 7 - Larry Bird , American basketball player
- December 8 - Warren Cuccurullo , American musician ( Missing Persons and Duran Duran )
- December 12 - Johan Van Der Velde , Dutch cyclist
- December 12 - Ana Alicia , Mexican actress
- December 17 - Mike Mills , American guitarist ( R.E.M. )
- December 18 - Ron White , American comedian
- December 23 - Michele Alboreto , Italian race car driver (d. 2001 )
- December 23 - Dave Murray , British guitarist
- December 26 - David Sedaris , American essayist
- December 28 - Nigel Kennedy , English violinist
- December 29 - Fred MacAulay , Scottish comedian
- December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph , American actress
- December 31 - Ahmed Salah , Djiboutian Marathon Player
- January 3 - Alexander Grechaninov , Russian composer (b. 1864 )
- January 3 - Joseph Wirth , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1876 )
- January 5 - Mistinguett , French singer (b. 1875 )
- January 13 - Lyonel Charles Feininger , German painter (b. 1871 )
- January 14 - Sheila Kaye-Smith , English writer (b. 1887 )
- January 18 - Konstantin Päts , President Of Estonia (b. 1874 )
- January 21 - Sam Langford , Canadian boxer (b. 1883 )
- January 24 - Sir Alexander Korda , Hungarian-born film director (b. 1893 )
- January 27 - Erich Kleiber , German conductor (b. 1890 )
- January 29 - H. L. Mencken , American writer (b. 1880 )
- January 31 - A. A. Milne , English author (b. 1882 )
- April 19 - Ernst Robert Curtius , Alsatian philologist (b. 1886 )
- April 30 - Alben Barkley , Vice-President Of The United States (b. 1877 )
- May 12 - Louis Calhern , American actor (b. 1895 )
- May 17 - Austin Osman Spare , English magician (b. 1886 )
- May 18 - Maurice Tate , English cricketer (b. 1895 )
- May 20 - Max Beerbohm , English theater critic (b. 1872 )
- May 26 - Al Simmons , baseball player (b. 1902 )
- May 31 - Diedrich Hermann Westermann , German linguist (b. 1875 )
- June 17 - Paul Rostock , German official, surgeon, and university professor (b. 1892 )
- June 22 - Walter De La Mare , English poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1873 )
- June 23 - Reinhold Glière , Russian composer (b. 1875 )
- June 26 - Clifford Brown , American jazz trumpeter (auto accident) (b. 1930 )
- October 12 - Don Lorenzo Perosi , Italian composer (b. 1872 )
- October 19 - Isham Jones , American musician (b. 1894 )
- October 26 - Walter Gieseking , French conductor (b. 1895 )
- November 5 - Art Tatum , American jazz pianist (b. 1909 )
- November 10 - Harry F. Sinclair , American entrepreneur (b. 1876 )
- November 24 - Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor (b. 1920 )
- November 26 - Tommy Dorsey , American trombonist and bandleader (b. 1905 )
- December 6 - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar , Indian Untouchable leader (b. 1891 )
- December 7 - Huntley Gordon , Canadian actor (b. 1887 )
- December 16 - Nina Hamnett , Welsh artist (b. 1890 )
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