The temperature on November 17, 1956 was between 5.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
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.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
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