WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1956
Find out what all happened June to November 1956

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism). (14. October 1956)

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

A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both planes. It is the worst-ever aviation disaster at that point in time. (30. June 1956)

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

Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time. (15. October 1956)

Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize. (17. October 1956)

Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation. (26. July 1956)

Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers make the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,035 m). (7. July 1956)

Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations. (12. November 1956)

Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt. (7. November 1956)

Jim Laker becomes the first man to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings as he returns figures of 10/53 in the Australian 2nd innings. This combined with his 9/37 in the first innings gave him match figures of 19/90 in the 4th Test at Old Trafford. (31. July 1956)

Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country. (4. November 1956)

The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England. (17. October 1956)

In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in the village of Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip. (12. November 1956)

New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 21 perfect games in MLB history. (8. October 1956)

The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued. (1. November 1956)

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. (29. June 1956)

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas. (16. July 1956)

The Tangier Protocol is signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco. (29. October 1956)

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