The temperature on October 7, 1956 was between 0.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
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.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
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