April 1956

Monday 02:

As the World Turns and The Edge of Night first aired on the CBS network in the United States, as the first half-hour serial dramas.

Saturday 07:

Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.

Saturday 14:

Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago, Illinois. It was the demonstation of the first practical and commercially successful format called 2" Quadruplex.

Thursday 19:

Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.

Saturday 21:

Elvis Presley's song "Heartbreak Hotel" becomes the "King's" first song to reach the top of the Cash Box magazine http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny/cashbox/1956.html music charts.

Monday 23:

Elvis Presley makes his first appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada.