WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1956
Find out what all happened January to February 1956

In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin. (25. February 1956)

American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (30. January 1956)

Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance (28. January 1956)

The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy. (20. February 1956)

A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. (3. January 1956)

The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union begins in Moscow. On the last night of the meeting, Premier Nikita Khrushchev condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes in a secret speech. (14. February 1956)

Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. (1. January 1956)

A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people. (1. January 1956)

President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. (16. January 1956)

Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them. (8. January 1956)