The temperature on April 19, 1956 was between 0.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
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