January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death July 19, 1956
The temperature on July 19, 1956 was between 15.5 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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