1956 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1956 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Francisco Craveiro Lopes

• Prime Minister

António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

• 11–12 February – A cold spell across the country causes four deaths and sees Lisbon experience its coldest day of the 20th century, with the newspaper Diário de Lisboa reporting temperatures of –2°C in the early hours of 12 February.^[1]

Births

• 23 March  - José Manuel Barroso, politician
• 29 June  - Pedro Santana Lopes, politician
• 15 October  - Maria da Assunção Esteves, politician, Member of the European Parliament.^[2]

Deaths

• 27 October  - Domingos Leite Pereira, politician (b. 1880).^[3]
• 11 November – António Ferro, writer and politician (b. 1895).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Como Lisboa viveu o seu dia mais frio do século XX. Portuguese. Observador. Tiago. Palma. 8 February 2018. 21 February 2021.
2. Web site: Maria da Assunção Esteves . www.europarl.europa.eu . Parlamento Europeo . pt . 4 April 2016 .
3. Carlos. Jaca. 2006. Domingos Pereira, um bracarense na 1ª República: trajectória política. Forum. 40. 79-117. 21 February 2021.
4. News: Dr. Antonio Ferro – Propagandist for Portugal. The Times. 14. 12 November 1956.