Suez Crisis Begins: Israeli Forces Invade Sinai Peninsula October 29, 1956

Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. Date: January 1, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Eiffel Tower Fire Damages Top Section, January 3, 1956First U.S. Airborne Hydrogen Bomb Dropped Over Bikini…

The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland. Date: May 24, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Francoist Spain Surrenders Morocco Protectorate, April 7, 1956Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 Crash Near Hope,…

Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip. Date: November 2, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956FORTRAN First Shared as First Modern Computer Language, October 15, 1956U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Becomes Permanent Service Academy,…

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 1956Martin Luther King Jr. Home Bombed During Montgomery…

Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault. Date: November 3, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day…