What day of the week was January 1, 1956?

The day of the week January 1st, 1956 fell on was a Sunday.

Mark R. Hughes the American businessman, founded Herbalife (d. 2000) was born on 01 January in 1956. As was Christine Lagarde the French lawyer and politician , Sheila McCarthy the Canadian actress and singer , Mike Mitchell the American basketball player (d. 2011) , Ziad Rahbani the Lebanese pianist and composer , Kōji Yakusho the Japanese actor .

Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine the Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.