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The Illustrated London News 1956 Events of this year in the Illustrated London News
- January 11th - Rising tension between greeks and Turks in
Cyprus caused British troops to be sent out
- March 15th - Lerner and Loewe's musical My
Fair Lady had its premier in New York
- March 23rd - Pakistan was declared an Islamic Republic
- April 19th - American actress Grace Kelly married
Prince Rainier of Monaco
- June 13th - The last British troops left the Suez Canal Zone
- July 26th - President Nasser of Egypt announced
nationalization of the Suez Canal. A large number of ships were re-routed
around the Cape
- September - Serious race riots in Clinton,
Tennessee, USA
- October 23rd - The Hungarian uprising began with
country wide demonstrations
- October 25th - 500 Soviet tanks rumbled through Budapest and 100
men women and children were mown down dead by machine guns from the
tanks
- October 29th - Israeli armed forces invaded Egypt
via the Sinai Peninsula
- November 1st - The first Premium Bonds went on sale in Britain
- November 5th - British and French forces landed in Egypt. This was
regarded by many as a bullying fiasco involving the British. The United nations
deplored Britains action and the United States brought powerful sanctions
to bear on the British economy.
- November 6th - A United nation ceasefire came into effect in the
Canal Zone
- 'Self service' shops were beginning to appear in Britain
- The bank rate rose to an alarmingly high 5½ % and the credit squeeze
began
- The Clean Air act was passed intended to remove the thick London 'pea souper'
smogs
- The House of Commons voted to end hanging but the Lords disagreed
- The Royal Court Theatre in London saw the first performance of Look
Back in Anger by John Osborne
- Eisenhower was re elected President of the US
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