Date: September 23, 1956
Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history. Date: August 8, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock. Date: July 9, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country. Date: November 4, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅…
The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England. Date: October 17, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956East German Nationale Volksarmee Formed, March 1, 1956Operation Auca:…
SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas. Date: April 26, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Suez Crisis Begins: Israeli Forces Invade Sinai Peninsula October…
The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. Date: January 4, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956First U.S. Airborne Hydrogen Bomb Dropped Over Bikini Atoll May 20, 1956Suez Crisis: Khan Yunis…