1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1958th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 958th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1950s decade.
The Suez Crisis also known as the Second Arab–Israeli War, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October, having done so with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tightening of the eight-year-long Egyptian blockade further prevented Israeli passage. After issuing a joint ultimatum for a ceasefire, the United Kingdom and France joined the Israelis on 5 November, seeking to depose Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and regain control of the Suez Canal, which Nasser had earlier nationalised by transferring administrative control from the foreign-owned Suez Canal Company to Egypt's new government-owned Suez Canal Authority. Shortly after the invasion began, the three countries came under heavy political pressure from both the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as from the United Nations, eventually prompting their withdrawal from Egypt. Israel's four-month-long occupation of the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula enabled it to attain freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran, but the Suez Canal was closed from October 1956 to March 1957.
Events from the year 1956 in the United Kingdom. The year is dominated by the Suez Crisis.
October 1956 was the tenth month of that leap year. The month which began on a Monday and ended after 31 days on a Wednesday
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
January 1956 was the first month of that leap year. The month which began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday.
The following events occurred in July 1955:
The following events occurred in January 1955:
The following events occurred in December 1954:
The following events occurred in July 1954:
The following events occurred in June 1954:
The following events occurred in September 1953:
February 1956 was the second month of that leap year. The month which began on a Wednesday and ended after 29 days on a Wednesday.
March 1956 was the third month of that leap year. The month which began on a Thursday and ended after 31 days on a Saturday
April 1956 was the fourth month of that leap year. The month which began on a Sunday and ended after 30 days on a Monday
The following events occurred in May 1956:
June 1956 was the sixth month of that leap year. The month which began on a Friday and ended after 30 days on a Saturday
July 1956 was the seventh month of that leap year. The month which began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday
August 1956 was the eighth month of that leap year. The month which began on a Wednesday and ended on a Friday after 31 days
