The temperature on December 19, 1956 was between 2.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
Day of death February 3, 1957
The temperature on February 3, 1957 was between 6.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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