1956
 
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  • Suez Crisis - Suez canal nationalised by Egypt
  • Hungarian Uprising suppressed by Soviet troops
  • Israeli forces under Moshe Dayan seize the Gaza Strip & Sinai Peninsula.
  • Fidel Castro and Che Guevara land in Cuba and begin a guerrilla war.
  • Transatlantic telephone cable
  • Eisenhower re-elected President of US (Nixon Vice President)
  • DLP formed
  • First LP in hit parade (Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swinging Lovers)
  • "My Fair Lady" opens in New York
  • Film actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
  • TV in Australia
  • Melbourne Olympics
  • Donald Campbell breaks world water speed record (216 mph)
  • Poker machines introduced on NSW clubs

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Suez Crisis
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Hungarian Uprising
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Five days of freedom
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Olympic Games
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