Date: December 2, 1956
Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution. Date: October 23, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Hungarian Revolution Ceasefire, Soviet Troops Withdraw from Budapest, October 28, 1956Elvis Presley Makes First National…
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 1956Pakistan Becomes First Islamic Republic, Republic Day in Pakistan,…
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact. Date: January 8, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956DuMont Television Network Final Broadcast Ends in Bankruptcy,…
Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. Date: April 30, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956FORTRAN First Shared as First Modern Computer Language, October 15, 1956Soviet…
Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. Date: December 19, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Date: May 20, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Hungarian Revolution Ceasefire, Soviet Troops Withdraw…