Date: November 2, 1956
The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott. Date: November 13, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries. Date: October 28, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This…
FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community. Date: October 15, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Khrushchev Denounces Stalin in Secret Speech, February 25, 1956Eiffel Tower Fire Damages…
Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco. Date: April 19, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Romanian Television First Broadcast in Bucharest, December 31, 1956East German Nationale Volksarmee Formed, March 1, 1956Fidel Castro…
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)…
Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. Date: March 9, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Greek National Radical Union Formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis, January 4,…