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| Gregorian calendar | 1956 MCMLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2709 |
| Armenian calendar | 1405 ԹՎ ՌՆԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6706 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 112–113 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1877–1878 |
| Bengali calendar | 1363 |
| Berber calendar | 2906 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Eliz. 2 – 5 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2500 |
| Burmese calendar | 1318 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7464–7465 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4653 or 4446 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4654 or 4447 |
| Coptic calendar | 1672–1673 |
| Discordian calendar | 3122 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1948–1949 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5716–5717 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2012–2013 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1877–1878 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5056–5057 |
| Holocene calendar | 11956 |
| Igbo calendar | 956–957 |
| Iranian calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Islamic calendar | 1375–1376 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 31 (昭和３１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1887–1888 |
| Juche calendar | 45 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4289 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 45 民國45年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 488 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2499 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 2082 or 1701 or 929 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 2083 or 1702 or 930 |
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1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.