July 1956 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1956.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1956: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1956?

Events

01 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
02 Jul 1956 A lab experiment at Sylvania Electric Products results in an explosion.
04 Jul 1956 US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland.
05 Jul 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
06 Jul 1956 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
07 Jul 1956 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61)
08 Jul 1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
10 Jul 1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
13 Jul 1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
14 Jul 1956 Boston Red Sox' pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0.
15 Jul 1956 Beverly Hanson / Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
16 Jul 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
19 Jul 1956 US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
20 Jul 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
23 Jul 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
24 Jul 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jesey City
25 Jul 1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill Country Club - Boston
26 Jul 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal.
29 Jul 1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
30 Jul 1956 US motto In God We Trust authorized
31 Jul 1956 August – The exhibition ''This Is Tomorrow'' opens at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.
09 Jul 1956 The 7.7 M  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.