SS Ideal X First Successful Container Ship Departs Port Newark April 26, 1956

USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. Date: September 27, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation. Date: July 26, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956U.S. Merchant…

The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. Date: October 8, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Operation Auca: U.S. Missionaries Killed by Waorani in Ecuador, January…

Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party. Date: October 30, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅…

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism). Date: October 14, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Martin Luther King Jr. Home…

Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations. Date: November 12, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Pakistan Becomes First Islamic Republic, Republic Day, March 23, 1956First U.S. Airborne Hydrogen Bomb Dropped Over Bikini…