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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1956 |
Milan-San Remo |
Fred De Bruyne (Bel) |
281 km |
| April 2, 1956 |
Tour of Flanders |
Jean Forestier (Fra)
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238 km |
| April 8, 1956 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Louison Bobet (Fra) |
252 km |
| May 6, 1956 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Fred De Bruyne (Bel) |
247 km |
| April 26-May 11, 1956 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Angelo Conterno (Ita) |
17 Stages,
3,537 km |
| May 19-June 10, 1956 |
Giro d'Italia |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
22 Stages, 3,523 km |
| July5-28, 1956 |
Tour de France |
Roger Walkowiak (Fra) |
22 Stages,
4,527 km |
| August 26, 1956 |
World
Championships |
Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) |
Ballerup, Denmark 285 km |
October 21, 1956 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Andre Darrigade (Fra) |
Milan-Milan,
240 km |
• USSR - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the crimes of Stalin and starts a period of de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union.
• USA - Dwight D. Eisenhower won a second term as President of the US.
• Hungary - In an effort to denounce communist rule, Hungary revolted and announced its withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact . With brutal military force the Soviet Union crushed the revolt.
• Monaco - Oscar winning American actress, Grace Kelly married Prince Rainer III.
Notable Deaths -
* World Road Race Champion: Stan Ockers (Bel), 1920-1956, one of Belgium's greatest riders, he won the World Road Race in 1955.
He died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956.
Albert Woolson, 1847-1956, died at the age of 106. He was the last surviving soldier from the American Civil War.
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