925: 1/8 1956: The World in Revolt, by Simon Hall
Image: Jan 16 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/16) Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine. Portrait of Nasser at law school in 1937 1956: The World in Revolt,by Simon Hall (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Simon+Hall&text=Simon+Hall&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=digital-text) Nineteen-fifty-six was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In this dramatic, page-turning history, Simon Hall takes the long view of the year's events—putting them in their post-war context and looking toward their influence on the counterculture movements of the 1960s—to tell the story of the year's epic, global struggles from the point of view of the freedom fighters, dissidents, and countless ordinary people who worked to overturn oppressive and authoritarian systems in order to build a brave new world. It was an epic contest. 1956 is the first narrative history of the year as a whole—and the first to frame its tumultuous events as part of an interconnected, global story of revolution. https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall-ebook/dp/B01K8D250Q/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=simon+hall+1956&qid=1609368672&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ..................... Some 1956 events Jan 2 Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections Jan 10 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/10) Elvis Presley (https://www.onthisday.com/people/elvis-presley) records single "Heartbreak Hotel" Jan 16 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/16) Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine Feb 1 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/1) Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking Feb 3 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/3) Autherine Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot; Feb 6 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/6) University of Alabama suspends African-American student Autherine Lucy claiming that it can no longer provide for her safety Feb 11 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/11) British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean deny working as spies for Soviet Russia after reappearing in the Soviet Union after going missing 5 years earlier February 25 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_25) – Nikita Khrushchev (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev) attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin) , in a speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences) ", at a secret session concluding the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Mar 2 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/2) Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declaring independence from France Mar 9 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/9) Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles Apr 7 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/7) Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco May 8 The constitutional union (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands-Indonesian_Union) between Indonesia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia) and the Netherlands is dissolved. Jun 5 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/5) Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Constitutional Jun 23 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/23) Gamal Abdel Nasser elected President of Egypt July 13 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_13) – John McCarthy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)) (Dartmouth), Marvin Minsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky) (MIT), Claude Shannon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon) (Bell Labs) and Nathaniel Rochester (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Rochester_(computer_scientist)) (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of artificial intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) , at Dartmouth College (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College) , Hanover, New Hampshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire) , in the United States. Jul 20 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/20) France recognizes Tunisian independence Jul 26 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/26) Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces plan to nationalize Suez Canal, initiating the Suez Crisis Aug 17 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17) One of the largest demonstrations in South Africa's history, 20,000 women marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings to present petition against carrying of passes by women to the Prime Minister Sep 9 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/9) African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms Sep 19 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/19) 1st international conference of black writers & artists meets (Sorbonne) Oct 23 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/23) Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4). Oct 24 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/24) Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes Prime Minister of Hungary October 23 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_23) – The Hungarian Revolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956) breaks out against the pro-Soviet government, originating as a student demonstration in Budapest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest) . Hungary attempts to leave the Warsaw Pact (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact) . October 26 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26) – Soviet Red Army (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army) troops invade Hungary. Dec 2 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/2) Fidel Castro (https://www.onthisday.com/people/fidel-castro) lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba Dec 6 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/6) Nelson Mandela (https://www.onthisday.com/people/nelson-mandela) & 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa Dec 11 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/11) Anti-Russian demonstrations in Stettin & Wroclaw, Poland Dec 12 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/12) Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign. Dec 20 (https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/20) Montgomery, Alabama removes race-based seat assignments on its buses