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March 1956 was the third month of that leap year. The month which began on a Thursday and ended after 31 days on a Saturday

The following events occurred in March 1956:

March 1, 1956 (Thursday)

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March 2, 1956 (Friday)

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March 3, 1956 (Saturday)

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March 4, 1956 (Sunday)

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March 5, 1956 (Monday)

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March 6, 1956 (Tuesday)

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  • West Germany's Bundestag approves 14 constitutional amendments which allow for rearmament and civilian control over the armed forces, re-introducing conscription.[14]

March 7, 1956 (Wednesday)

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March 8, 1956 (Thursday)

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March 9, 1956 (Friday)

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March 10, 1956 (Saturday)

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March 11, 1956 (Sunday)

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  • The Belgian ship MV Prince de Liege catches fire off the coast of Spain and is abandoned by its crew. The ship is towed by a Spanish naval tug then by the Swedish salvage ship Herakles to Gibraltar.[21]

March 12, 1956 (Monday)

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March 13, 1956 (Tuesday)

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March 14, 1956 (Wednesday)

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March 15, 1956 (Thursday)

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March 16, 1956 (Friday)

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March 17, 1956 (Saturday)

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March 18, 1956 (Sunday)

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March 19, 1956 (Monday)

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March 20, 1956 (Tuesday)

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March 21, 1956 (Wednesday)

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March 22, 1956 (Thursday)

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  • In the early hours of the morning, US singer Carl Perkins is injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Delaware, on his way to New York City to make an appearance on the Perry Como Show. Perkins suffers three fractured vertebrae in his neck, severe concussion, a broken collar bone, and multiple lacerations; he remains unconscious for an entire day.[40]

March 23, 1956 (Friday)

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March 24, 1956 (Saturday)

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March 25, 1956 (Sunday)

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March 26, 1956 (Monday)

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March 27, 1956 (Tuesday)

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  • The United States Internal Revenue Service raids the offices of the Communist newspaper The Daily Worker in New York and other locations, for non-payment of taxes. The editor claims that the paper lost $200,000 in the previous year, therefore it owes no taxes.[46]

March 28, 1956 (Wednesday)

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  • The UK cargo ship Changsha runs aground at Tokyo, Japan; it was later successfully refloated.[47]

March 29, 1956 (Thursday)

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March 30, 1956 (Friday)

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March 31, 1956 (Saturday)

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  31. ^ Riotous Assemblies Act
  32. ^ "Fred Allen Dies While on Stroll. Won Fame as Wit on Radio After a Stage Career". New York Times. 1956-03-18. Fred Allen, the humorist, collapsed and died late last night while taking a customary nightly stroll.
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  47. ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53501. London. 10 March 1956. col C, p. 9.
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