January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
Day of death May 2, 1956
The temperature on May 2, 1956 was between 0.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
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.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
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