The temperature on January 4, 1956 was between -3.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
July 9 » 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.
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.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
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