Date: November 3, 1956
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…
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 1956Tunisia Gains Independence from France, March 20, 1956DuMont Television Network Final Broadcast Ends in Bankruptcy, August 6,…
A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto. Date: July 30, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Rafah…
A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Date: December 6, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 1956Suez Crisis: UK and France Bomb Egypt to Reopen Suez Canal…
The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution. Date: December 2, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day…