WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1956
Find out what all happened August to September 1956

The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage. (13. September 1956)

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. (6. August 1956)

The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed. (13. September 1956)

USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. (27. September 1956)

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. (9. September 1956)

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens. (30. August 1956)

TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. (25. September 1956)

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