Editing 1956 (section)

== Events ==

=== January ===
{{Main|January 1956}}
* [[January 1]] – The [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Anglo-Egyptian Condominium]] ends in [[Sudan]] after 57 years.
* [[January 8]] – [[Operation Auca]]: Five U.S. evangelical Christian [[Missionary|missionaries]], [[Nate Saint]], [[Roger Youderian]], [[Ed McCully]], [[Jim Elliot]] and [[Pete Fleming]], are killed for trespassing by the [[Waorani people]] of [[Ecuador]], shortly after making contact with them.
* [[January 16]] – [[Egypt]]ian leader [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] vows to reconquer [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
* [[January 25]]–[[January 26|26]] – Finnish troops reoccupy [[Porkkala]], after [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return [[February 4]].
* [[January 26]] – The [[1956 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], [[Italy]].

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1956}}
* [[February 2]] – Austria and [[Israel]] establish diplomatic [[Austria–Israel relations|relations]].
* [[February 11]] – British [[Espionage|spies]] [[Guy Burgess]] and [[Donald Maclean (spy)|Donald Maclean]] resurface in the [[Soviet Union]], after being missing for 5 years.
* [[February 14]]–[[February 25|25]] – The [[20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] is held in Moscow.
* [[February 16]] – The [[1956 World Figure Skating Championships]] open in [[Garmisch]], West Germany.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bulletin, volumes 4-5|publisher=Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung |year=1956 |page=8}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – [[Elvis Presley]] enters the United States music charts for the first time, with "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]".
* [[February 23]] – [[Norma Jean Mortenson]] legally changes her name to [[Marilyn Monroe]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=How Did Marilyn Monroe Get Her Name? This Photo Reveals the Story |magazine=Time |url=https://time.com/5368339/marilyn-monroe-real-name-story/ |access-date=2022-07-03}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Doris Day]] records her most famous song, "[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)]]"; it is from [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'', in which Day co-stars with [[James Stewart]].
* [[February 25]] – [[Nikita Khrushchev]] attacks the veneration of [[Joseph Stalin]], in a speech "[[On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences]]", at a secret session concluding the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. This is not officially made public in the Soviet Union at this time but becomes known in the West in June.

=== March ===
{{Main|March 1956}}
* [[March 1]] – The [[International Air Transport Association]] finalizes a draft of the [[ICAO spelling alphabet|radiotelephony spelling alphabet]], for the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]].
* [[March 2]] – [[Morocco]] declares its independence from France.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-24 |title=Morocco profile – Timeline |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14123260 |access-date=2022-07-03}}</ref>
* [[March 9]]
** The British deport Archbishop [[Makarios III|Makarios]] from [[Cyprus]] to the [[Seychelles]].
** The [[Soviet Armed Forces]] suppress [[1956 Georgian demonstrations|mass demonstrations]] in the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]], reacting to [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s [[de-Stalinization]] policy.
* [[March 10]] – The [[Fairey Delta 2]] breaks the World Air Speed Record, raising it to {{convert|1132|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} or Mach 1.73, an increase of some {{convert|300|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} over the previous record, and thus becoming the first aircraft to exceed {{convert|1000|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in level flight.
* [[March 11]] – After having opened in London the previous year, [[Laurence Olivier]]'s film, ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'', adapted from [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play, has its U.S. premiere in theatres and on [[NBC]]-TV on the same day. On television it is not shown in prime time, but as an afternoon [[wikt:matinee|matinée]], in a slightly cut version, one of the first such experiments. Olivier is later nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for his performance.
* [[March 12]] – 96 [[U.S. Congress]]men sign the [[Southern Manifesto]], a protest against the 1954 [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] ruling (''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'') that [[desegregate]]d public education.
* [[March 13]] – [[Elvis Presley]] releases his first [[music recording sales certification|gold album]] titled ''[[Elvis Presley (album)|Elvis Presley]]'' in the United States.
* [[March 15]] – The [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' opens in New York City.
* [[March 19]] – At age 48, Dutch [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Bep van Klaveren]] contests his last match in [[Rotterdam]].
* [[March 20]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from France.
* [[March 21]] – The [[28th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held in Los Angeles. ''[[Marty (film)|Marty]]'' is awarded [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
* [[March 23]] – [[Pakistan]] becomes the first [[Islamic republic]], and a [[Holiday#National days|national holiday]] is observed in the country, including the state of [[East Pakistan]].

=== April ===
{{Main|April 1956}}
[[File:2-inch Quad Tape Reel with miniDV cassette.jpg|thumb|A reel of 2-inch [[quadruplex videotape]] compared with a later [[miniDV]] videocassette.]]
* [[April 7]] – Spain relinquishes [[Spanish protectorate in Morocco|its protectorate in Morocco]].
* [[April 9]] – [[Habib Bourguiba]] is elected [[President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People|President of the National Constituent Assembly]] of the [[Kingdom of Tunisia]]; on April 15 he becomes [[Head of Government of Tunisia|prime minister]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bessis|first1=Sophie|author-link1=Sophie Bessis|last2=Belhassen|first2=Souhayr|author-link2=Souhayr Belhassen|title=Bourguiba|year=2012|publisher=[[:fr:Éditions Elyzad|Elyzad]]|location=Tunis|isbn=978-9973-58-044-3|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – [[Videotape]] is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (modern-day [[National Association of Broadcasters|NAB]]) convention in Chicago, United States, by [[Ampex]]. It is the demonstration of the first practical and commercially successful [[videotape]] format known as [[Quadruplex videotape|2" Quadruplex]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Royal Television Society Journal, Volume 18, Issues 7–12|year=1981|pages=14–15}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] 
** American actress [[Grace Kelly]] legally marries [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco]]; a religious ceremony follows next day.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title|magazine=Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R08EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37|volume=40|issue=18|date=April 30, 1956|page=37|issn=0024-3019|quote= 'I'm halfway married,' she exclaimed after the first wedding, a 16-minute civil ceremony in his crimson-damasked throne }}</ref>
** [[Maria Desylla-Kapodistria]] is elected [[mayor]] of [[Corfu (city)|Corfu]], becoming the first female mayor in Greece.
* [[April 19]]
** British [[Underwater diving|diver]] [[Lionel Crabb|Lionel (Buster) Crabb]] (working for [[MI6]]) dives into [[Portsmouth]] Harbour, to investigate a visiting [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] cruiser, and vanishes.
** The 5.0 {{M|w}} [[1956 Atarfe-Albolote earthquake]] strikes southern [[Spain]] killing 12 and injuring dozens more.
* [[April 21]] – Former U.S. [[First Family of the United States|First Daughter]] [[Margaret Truman]] marries [[Clifton Daniel]].
* [[April 27]] – [[Heavyweight]] boxing champion [[Rocky Marciano]] retires, without losing a professional boxing match.

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1956}}
* [[May 1]] – [[Minamata disease]] is discovered in Japan.
* [[May 2]]
** The [[United Methodist Church]] in America decides, at its General Conference, to grant women full [[ordination|ordained]] [[clergy]] status. It also calls for an end to [[racial segregation]] in the denomination.
** [[Violet Gibson]], who attempted to assassinate [[Mussolini]] in 1926, dies in a mental hospital in England, after a lifetime of imprisonment.
* [[May 8]] – [[Netherlands-Indonesian Union|The constitutional union]] between [[Indonesia]] and the Netherlands is dissolved.
* [[May 9]] – [[Manaslu]], eighth highest mountain in the world (in the Nepalese Himalayas) is first ascended, by a Japanese team.
* [[May 18]] – [[Lhotse]] main summit, the fourth highest mountain (on the Nepalese–Tibetan border) is first ascended, by [[Fritz Luchsinger]] and [[Ernst Reiss]].
* [[May 23]] – French minister [[Pierre Mendès France]] resigns, due to his government's policy on [[Algeria]].
* [[May 24]] – The first [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is broadcast from [[Lugano]], Switzerland. The winning song is the host country's ''Refrain'' by [[Lys Assia]] (music by Géo Voumard, lyrics by Émile Gardaz).
* [[May 25]] – India announces the institution of diplomatic [[India–Spain relations|relations]] with [[Francoist Spain]].

=== June ===
{{Main|June 1956}}
* [[June 1]] – [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] resigns as foreign minister of the [[Soviet Union]]; he later becomes [[ambassador]] to [[Mongolia]].
* [[June 4]] – [[Montgomery bus boycott]]: The related civil suit<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707 (M.D. Ala. 1956) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/142/707/2263463/ |website=Justia US law |access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> is heard in federal district court; the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the ruling in November.
* [[June 5]] – The text of [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s February attack on [[Stalin]]'s reputation, "[[On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences]]", is first published in the [[Western Bloc|West]], in ''[[The New York Times]]''.
* [[June 6]] – In [[Singapore]], chief minister [[David Marshall (Singaporean politician)|David Marshall]] resigns, after the breakdown of talks about internal self-government in London.
* [[June 8]] – [[General Electric]]/Telechron introduces model 7H241 "The Snooz Alarm", the first snooze [[alarm clock]] ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telechron.net/eod/7h241.htm|title=7H241 The Snooz-Alarm|website=www.telechron.net}}</ref>
* [[June 10]] – [[1956 Summer Olympics]]: [[Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] events open in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] (all other events are held in November in [[Melbourne]], Australia).
* [[June 13]]
** The International Criminal Police Organization adopts [[Interpol]] as its official name.
** [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] beats [[Stade Reims]] 4–3 at [[Parc des Princes]], Paris and wins the [[1955–56 European Cup]] (football).
* [[June 14]] – The [[Flag of the United States Army]] is formally dedicated.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Army Flag|url=http://www.worldflags101.com/other-flags/us-army-flag.aspx|work=World Flags 101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408220917/http://www.worldflags101.com/other-flags/us-army-flag.aspx|archive-date=2009-04-08|url-status=live|access-date=2009-04-06}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – [[Eindhoven University of Technology]] is founded in [[Eindhoven]], The Netherlands.
* [[June 18]] – The last British troops leave [[Egypt]].
* [[June 21]] – Playwright [[Arthur Miller]] appears before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[June 23]] – [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] becomes the 2nd president of [[Egypt]], a post he holds until his death in [[1970]].
* [[June 28]]
** [[Poznań 1956 protests]]: Labour riots in [[Poznań]], Poland, are crushed with heavy loss of life. [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops fire at a crowd protesting high prices, killing 53 people.
** The film version of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[The King and I]]'', starring [[Deborah Kerr]] and [[Yul Brynner]], is released only a few months after the film version of R&H's ''Carousel''. It becomes the most financially successful film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical up to this time, and the only one to win an acting Oscar (Yul Brynner wins Best Actor for his performance as the King of Siam). It is also one of two Rodgers and Hammerstein films to be nominated for Best Picture (which it does not win).
* [[June 29]]
** Actress [[Marilyn Monroe]] marries playwright Arthur Miller, in [[White Plains, New York]].
** President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs the [[Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956]], creating the [[Interstate Highway System]] in the United States.
* [[June 30]] – [[1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision]]: A [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] and [[United Airlines]] [[Douglas DC-7]] collide in mid-air over the [[Grand Canyon]] in [[Arizona]], killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft, in the deadliest civil [[aviation]] disaster to date; the accident leads to sweeping changes in the regulation of cross-country flight and [[air traffic control]] over the United States.

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1956}}
* [[July 2]] – A laboratory experiment involving scrap [[thorium]] at Sylvania Electric Products in [[Bayside, New York]], results in an [[Sylvania Electric Products explosion|explosion]].
* [[July 4]] – An American [[Lockheed U-2]] reconnaissance aircraft makes its first flight over the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[July 8]] – The mountain [[Gasherbrum II]], on the border of [[Pakistan]] and China, is first ascended, by an Austrian expedition.
* [[July 9]] – The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1956 Amorgos earthquake|Amorgos earthquake]] shakes the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). The shaking and the subsequent tsunami leave 53 people dead.
* [[July 10]] – The British [[House of Lords]] defeats the abolition of the death penalty.
* [[July 13]] – [[John McCarthy (computer scientist)|John McCarthy]] (Dartmouth), [[Marvin Minsky]] (MIT), [[Claude Shannon]] (Bell Labs) and [[Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist)|Nathaniel Rochester]] (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of [[artificial intelligence]], at [[Dartmouth College]], [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], in the United States.
* [[July 25]] – The Italian ocean liner {{SS|Andrea Doria}} sinks after colliding with the Swedish ship [[MS Stockholm (1948)|SS ''Stockholm'']] in heavy fog {{convert|72|km|mi|sp=us}} south of [[Nantucket]] island, killing 51.
* [[July 26]] – [[Egypt]]ian president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] nationalizes the [[Suez Canal]], sparking international condemnation.
* [[July 30]] – A [[joint resolution]] of [[United States Congress|Congress]] is signed by President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], authorizing "[[In God We Trust|In God we trust]]" as the U.S. national [[motto]].
* [[July 31]]
** [[Cricket]]: [[Jim Laker]] sets an extraordinary record at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] in the fourth [[Test cricket|Test]] between England and Australia, taking 19 wickets in a first class match (the previous best was 17).
** [[Luzhniki Stadium]], well known sports venue of [[Russia]] and the [[Soviet Union]], officially opens in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://russianfootballnews.com/wc-2018/stadiums/|title=Stadiums|date=2013-07-13|work=Russian Football News|access-date=2018-01-19|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1956}}
* [[August 7]] – Seven ammunition trucks loaded with 1,053 boxes of dynamite [[Cali explosion|explode in Cali, Colombia]]. Death estimates range from 1,300 to 10,000, in a city that at this time has 120,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.revistacredencial.com/credencial/historia/temas/la-explosion-de-cali-agosto-7-de-1956|title=La Explosión de Cali: Agosto 7 de 1956|date=2016-09-16|website=Revista Credencial|language=es|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] – 262 miners (chiefly Italian nationals) die in a fire at the [[Bois du Cazier]] coal mine, in [[Marcinelle]], Belgium.
* [[August 9]] – Art exhibition ''[[This Is Tomorrow]]'' opens at [[Whitechapel Art Gallery]] in London.
* [[August 12]] – Around 5,000 members of the [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Romanian Greek-Catholic Church]] hold a [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]] outside [[Cluj-Napoca Piarists' Church]] to demonstrate that their church, proscribed by the government in 1948, has not ceased to exist as the regime claims.
* [[August 17]] – West Germany bans the [[Communist Party of Germany]].
* The first [[interfaith dialogue]] between Christians, Jews and Muslims with over 850 participants takes place at the [[monastery of Toumliline]] in [[Azrou]], [[Morocco]].<ref name="Ramesa">{{cite web |last1=Ramesa |first1=Rafael |title=How the inter-faith 'spirit of Toumliline' lives on 50 years after Moroccan monastery closed |url=https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/news/how-inter-faith-spirit-toumliline-lives-50-years-after-moroccan-monastery-closed_en |website=Capacity4dev |publisher=European Union |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref>

=== September ===
{{Main|September 1956}}
* [[September 13]]
** The [[hard disk drive]] is invented by an [[IBM]] team, led by [[Reynold B. Johnson]].
** The [[Levee|dike]] around the Dutch polder East [[Flevoland]] is closed.
* [[September 16]] – [[Television broadcasting in Australia]] commences.
* [[September 21]] – Nicaraguan dictator [[Anastasio Somoza García]] is assassinated.
* [[September 25]] – The [[submarine]] [[transatlantic telephone cable]] opens.
* [[September 27]] – The [[Bell X-2]] becomes the first crewed aircraft to reach [[Mach number|Mach]] 3.

=== October ===
{{Main|October 1956}}
* [[October 5]] – [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s [[epic film]] ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', starring [[Charlton Heston]] as [[Moses]], is released in the United States. It will be in the top ten of the worldwide [[list of highest-grossing films]] of all time, adjusted for inflation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Domestic Grosses, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2013-01-11}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Baseball]] [[pitcher]] [[Don Larsen]] of the [[New York Yankees]] throws the only [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in [[World Series]] history, in Game 5 of the [[1956 World Series]] against the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. [[Yogi Berra]] catches the game. [[Dale Mitchell (baseball)|Dale Mitchell]] is the final out. The [[New York Yankees]] win the series in seven games. Larsen is named series [[Most valuable player|MVP]].
* [[October 10]]
** Finland joins [[UNESCO]].
** The prototype [[Lockheed L-1649 Starliner]], the final [[Lockheed Constellation]] model, makes its first flight.
* [[October 14]] – [[Dalit Buddhist movement]] (India): [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Dalit]] leader, converts to [[Buddhism]], along with 385,000 followers.
* [[October 15]] – The British [[Royal Air Force]] retires its last [[Avro Lancaster]] [[bomber]].
* [[October 17]]
** The world's first industrial-scale commercial [[nuclear power plant]] is opened at [[Sellafield|Calder Hall]] in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_3147000/3147145.stm|publisher=[[BBC]]|title=1956: Queen switches on nuclear power|work=On This Day|date=October 17, 1956|access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref>
** [[The Game of the Century (chess)]]: 13-year-old [[Bobby Fischer]] beats [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] [[Donald Byrne]], in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City.
* [[October 19]] – The [[Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956]] is signed in Moscow, ending the legal state of war between the Soviet Union and Japan (with effect from December 12) and making possible the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/edition92/preface.html|title=Preface|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|accessdate=2023-04-02}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – The [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]] breaks out against the pro-Soviet government, originating as a student demonstration in [[Budapest]]. Hungary attempts to leave the [[Warsaw Pact]].
* [[October 24]] – The [[Protocol of Sèvres]], a secret agreement between [[Israel]], France and the United Kingdom, is signed, allowing the former to invade the [[Sinai Peninsula]] of [[Egypt]] and occupy the [[Suez Canal]] with the support of the other two governments, giving rise to the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Black|title=Secrets and lies at the heart of Britain's Middle Eastern folly|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/11/egypt.past|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=2005-07-11|access-date=2012-05-27}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – Soviet [[Red Army]] troops invade Hungary.
* [[October 29]]
** [[Suez Crisis]]: [[Israel]] invades the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and pushes [[Egypt]]ian forces back toward the [[Suez Canal]].
** [[Tangier Protocol]]: The [[international city]] [[Tangier]] is reintegrated into [[Morocco]].
** The ''[[Huntley-Brinkley Report]]'' debuts on [[NBC]]-TV in the United States.
* [[October 31]]
** [[Suez Crisis]]: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing [[Egypt]] to force the reopening of the [[Suez Canal]].
** A [[United States Navy]] team becomes the third group to reach the [[South Pole]] (arriving by air), and commences construction of the first permanent [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]].

=== November ===
* [[November 1]]
** The [[States Reorganisation Act]] of India reforms the boundaries and names of Indian states. Three new states, [[Kerala]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]], are formed.
** The film ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' (1955), previously released to select cities in [[Todd-AO]], now receives a U.S. national release in [[CinemaScope]], since not all theatres are yet equipped for Todd-AO. To accomplish this, the film has actually been shot twice, rather than printing one version in two different film processes, as is later done.
* [[November 3]]
** [[Khan Yunis massacre]] ([[Suez Crisis]]): Israeli soldiers shoot dead hundreds of Palestinian refugees and local inhabitants in [[Khan Yunis Camp]].
** MGM's film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' is the first major Hollywood film running more than 90 minutes [[The Wizard of Oz on television|to be televised]] uncut in one evening, in the United States.
* [[November 4]] – [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]]: More [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade Hungary, to crush the revolt that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
* [[November 6]] – [[1956 United States presidential election]]: [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] defeats [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] challenger [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]], in a rematch of their contest [[1952 United States presidential election|4 years earlier]].
* [[November 7]] – [[Suez Crisis]]: The [[United Nations]] General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and [[Israel]] to withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
* [[November 11]] – [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]]: Last insurgents succumb to the invading Soviet army.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lendvai|first=Paul|title=One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy|year=2008|publisher=Princeton University Press}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – [[Morocco]], Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
* [[November 13]] – ''[[Browder v. Gayle]]'': The [[United States Supreme Court]] declares illegal the state and municipal laws requiring segregated buses in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], thus ending the [[Montgomery bus boycott]].
* [[November 14]] – An eight-mile long stretch of highway is opened west of [[Topeka, Kansas]], creating the first portion of the [[Interstate Highway System]] in the United States and the first highway to be completed with funds from the [[Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Superhighway System, in 20 Years, Has Tied a Vast Nation Together|first=William K.|last=Stevens|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 November 1976|page=1}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Middle East Technical University]] is founded in [[Ankara]], Turkey.
* [[November 18]] – At a reception for Western ambassadors at the Polish embassy in Moscow, [[Nikita Khrushchev]] utters his famous phrase "[[We will bury you]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 26, 1956 |title="We Will Bury You!" |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867329,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124152821/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867329,00.html |archive-date=January 24, 2007 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[November 20]] – In [[Yugoslavia]], former prime minister [[Milovan Đilas]] is arrested after he criticizes [[Josip Broz Tito]].
* [[November 22]] – The [[1956 Summer Olympics]] begin in [[Melbourne]], Australia.
* [[November 23]] – The [[Suez Crisis]] causes [[petrol]] [[rationing]] in Britain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/29/newsid_3247000/3247805.stm|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|title=1956: Motorists panic as petrol rations loom|date=November 29, 1956|access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] – [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Che Guevara]] depart from [[Tuxpan, Veracruz]], Mexico, en route to [[Santiago de Cuba]] aboard the yacht ''[[Granma (yacht)|Granma]]'', with 82 men.
* [[November 28]] – [[Roger Vadim]]'s film ''[[And God Created Woman (1956 film)|And God Created Woman]]'' (''Et Dieu… créa la femme''), is released in France, making [[Brigitte Bardot]] an international sex symbol.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=1957-11-11|title=Cinema: BB|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,867988,00.html|access-date=2024-12-03|magazine=Time}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – African-American [[Floyd Patterson]] wins the world heavyweight boxing championship that is vacant after the retirement of [[Rocky Marciano]].

=== December ===
* [[December 3]] – The [[1956 Bush Terminal explosion]] occurs in Brooklyn, United States.
* [[December 4]] – The [[Million Dollar Quartet]] ([[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Carl Perkins]], and [[Johnny Cash]]) get together at [[Sun Studio]], for the first and last time in history.
* [[December 9]] – [[Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810]], a [[Canadair North Star]], crashes into [[Slesse Mountain]] near [[Chilliwack]], [[British Columbia]]. All 62 people aboard, including five [[Canadian Football League]] players, are killed.
* [[December 12]] – Japan becomes a member of the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 19]] – British doctor [[John Bodkin Adams]] is arrested for the murder of 2 patients in [[Eastbourne]], England; he will be acquitted.
* [[December 23]] – British and French troops leave the [[Suez Canal]] region.