40 events found for 1956
Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers,…
The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the…
Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
A tropical storm originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean passes into the Gulf of Mexico and is upgraded and named…
TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of…
The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see…
FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that…
Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre…
Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who…
Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army…