 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 1956 |
| | | The Kremlin imposes János Kádár on Hungary as head of a new government | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | Under international pressure Britain and France agree to a humiliating withdrawal from Suez | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | Melbourne hosts the Olympics, in what becomes known as 'the Friendly Games' | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | 18-year-old Australian sprinter Betty Cuthbert wins three gold medals in the Melbourne Olympics, at 100m, 200m and 400m | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima publishes The Temple of the Golden Pavilion | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | The MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) is formed as a guerrilla movement to end Portuguese rule | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | Communist activist Fidel Castro returns from Mexico to Cuba to organize guerrilla warfare against the Batista regime | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected for a second US presidential term, again with Richard Nixon as his vice-president | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | The British queen, Elizabeth II, moves the traditional royal Christmas address from radio to TV | |
| |
|
| 1956 |
| | | The ballet Spartacus, with music by Aram Khachaturian, has its premiere in Leningrad | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |