What day of the week was June 23, 1956?

The day of the week June 23rd, 1956 fell on was a Saturday.

Reinhold Glière the Russian composer and educator (b. 1875) died on this day in 1956.

The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre the transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.