Events in the year 1956 in
Spain.
Incumbents
*Caudillo:
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...
Births
* April 5 –
El Risitas, comedian and actor (died 2021)
* September 30 –
Magda Camps, Olympic swimmer
* November 13 –
Miguel Lang
Miguel Lang-Lenton (born 13 January 1956) is a Spanish former butterfly swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into for ...
, Olympic swimmer
Deaths
*March 30 –
Luis Bayón Herrera
Luis Bayón Herrera (23 September 1889 – 30 March 1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the golden age of Argentine cinema".
Herre ...
, film director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
*October 5 –
Juan Armet
Juan Armet de Castellví, nicknamed "Kinké" (30 June 1895 in Terrassa – 5 October 1956 in Madrid) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward, and later a coach.
Club career
Born in Terrassa, Catalonia, Kinké began to play football in ...
, football player ad coach (b. 1895)
See also
*
List of Spanish films of 1956
References
{{Year in Europe, 1956
Years of the 20th century in Spain
1950s in Spain
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