1956

1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. It followed on the year 1955 and preceded 1957.

In the world

 * February
 * 25 – Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin as a "cult of personality."
 * March
 * 2 – Morocco declares its independence from France.
 * July
 * 26 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
 * August
 * 8 – 262 miners die in a fire in a coal mine in Marcinelle, Belgium.
 * October
 * 23 – The Hungarian revolution breaks out against the pro-Soviet government. Hungary attempts to leave the Warsaw Pact.
 * 26 – Red Army troops invade Hungary.
 * 31 – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
 * November
 * 4 – 1956 Hungarian Revolution: More Soviet troops invade Hungary to crush a revolt that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
 * 14 – Fighting ends in Hungary.
 * December
 * 12 – Japan becomes a member of the United Nations.

Events

 * Undated
 * Davis Miller becomes the Governor of Seven.
 * Hans Laid becomes the Governor of Oceana.
 * King Lucas I of Lovia is deposed as King of Lovia.

Arts and popular culture

 * Literature
 * Marcus Eisenhower: Valuable

Births
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Deaths

 * April
 * 5 - William Randolph, moviemaker
 * October
 * 9 - Andru Hustróva