The temperature on January 25, 1956 was between -2.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
Day of death July 8, 1956
The temperature on July 8, 1956 was between 15.7 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
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