Editing 1956 (section)

=== 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.