Suez Crisis: Israel Occupies Gaza Strip, November 2, 1956

Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. Date: October 29, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Amorgos Earthquake and Tsunami Kill 53, July…

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 1956Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia Join…

In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott. Date: January 30, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Greek National Radical…

The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. Date: May 1, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Supreme Court Ends Montgomery Bus Boycott, Strikes Down Segregation Laws, November 13,…

A tropical storm originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean passes into the Gulf of Mexico and is upgraded and named Hurricane Flossy just hours before striking the Gulf Coast and causing 15 deaths and an estimated USD$24.8 million in damages. Date: September 23, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23…

A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people. Date: June 20, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Greek National Radical Union Formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis, January…