May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of death September 18, 1956
The temperature on September 18, 1956 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
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.
November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Day of burial September 22, 1956
The temperature on September 22, 1956 was between 14.3 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
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