The temperature on December 22, 1956 was between 1.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
Day of death January 8, 2018
The temperature on January 8, 2018 was between -1.4 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » For the first time in history all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
May 9 » The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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