March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Day of death March 2, 1956
The temperature on March 2, 1956 was between 6.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
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.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
Day of burial March 5, 1956
The temperature on March 5, 1956 was between 1.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 2 » 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.
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