Date: September 27, 1956
The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock. Date: July 9, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
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 1956Alben Barkley Dies…
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 1956Suez Crisis: Israel Occupies Gaza Strip, November 2, 1956Supreme Court Ends Montgomery Bus Boycott, Strikes…
The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed. Date: September 13, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1956Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia Join the United Nations – November 12, 1956Elvis Presley Makes First…
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 1956Greek National Radical Union Formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis, January 4, 1956Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Mysore Created; Delhi Union…
The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time. Date: December 4, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…