Editing 1956 (section)

=== 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]].