The temperature on March 6, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
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