1956

All you want to know about 1956

See also: 1955 in South Africa, other events of 1956, 1957 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

Contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

February

1 February - The South African government requests the Soviet Union to withdraw its consulates

March

16 March - The Riotous Assemblies Act no 17 which prohibits any outside gathering that the Minister of Justice sees as a threat to public peace, is passed.
17 March - Mimi Coertse makes her Vienna State Opera debut as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute (Mozart)

August

9 August - Women march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest to the pass laws

December

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi becomes the first woman ever to be elected to the African National Congress national executive committee
5 December - 156 leading activists are arrested heralding the start of the Treason Trial Among Those arrested is Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
19 December - The Four year long Treason Trial begins at the Drill Hall in Johannesburg

Unknown date

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi is elected president of the Federation of South African Women
Segregation is introduced on buses
Albert Lutuli is arrested

Births

31 January - Trevor Andrew Manuel, Minister of Finance from 1996, born in Kensington, Cape Town
1 September - Jeremy Baskin, trade unionist and labour market analyst, is born
2 November - Lucas Seage, artist, is born in Newclare, Johannesburg

Deaths

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