Editing 1956 (section)

=== 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>