May 1956

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The following events occurred in May 1956:

May 1, 1956 (Tuesday)

May 2, 1956 (Wednesday)

May 3, 1956 (Thursday)

May 4, 1956 (Friday)

May 5, 1956 (Saturday)

May 6, 1956 (Sunday)

May 7, 1956 (Monday)

  • The UK's health minister, R. H. Turton, rejects a proposed government campaign against smoking, on the grounds that the theory that smoking causes lung cancer "has not been proved".

May 8, 1956 (Tuesday)

May 9, 1956 (Wednesday)

May 10, 1956 (Thursday)

May 11, 1956 (Friday)

May 12, 1956 (Saturday)

May 13, 1956 (Sunday)

May 14, 1956 (Monday)

  • US steam schooner Howard Olson collides with another US ship, SS Marine Leopard, 175 nautical miles (324 km) south of San Francisco, California. The Howard Olson sinks, with the loss of six members of her 28 crew.
  • Harry Pollitt resigns as General Secretary of the British Communist Party; Pollitt was suffering from poor health, and was replaced by John Gollan.

May 15, 1956 (Tuesday)

May 16, 1956 (Wednesday)

  • President Gamal Abdel Nasser officially recognises the People's Republic of China; this causes a deterioration in relations with the United States, who continue to support the alternative regime in Taiwan.
  • Fighting breaks out between French troops and Algerian independence fighters, continuing until 22 May. At the end of the encounter, 24 French soldiers and 67 Algerian rebels are dead.
  • Born: Mirek Topolánek, Czech politician (Prime Minister 2006–2009), in Vsetin

May 17, 1956 (Thursday)

  • Born:
    • Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer, in Wilmington, North Carolina
    • Bob Saget, American comedian and actor, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)

May 18, 1956 (Friday)

May 19, 1956 (Saturday)

May 20, 1956 (Sunday)

May 21, 1956 (Monday)

May 22, 1956 (Tuesday)

  • In the United States, NBC's peacock logo is used for the first time, to indicate the quality of its colour television broadcasting.
  • Swedish teacher Gunnel Gummeson and her American boyfriend Peter Winant are reportedly seen for the last time in Shibarghan, Afghanistan, before going missing. In 1977, Gummeson is declared presumed dead, probably murdered.

May 23, 1956 (Wednesday)

May 24, 1956 (Thursday)

May 25, 1956 (Friday)

  • Elvis Presley makes his first visit to Detroit, where he appears at the Fox Theatre at the end of a US tour.

May 26, 1956 (Saturday)

May 27, 1956 (Sunday)

May 28, 1956 (Monday)

  • A Gloster Meteor NF.Mk 11 overshoots the runway while taking off from RAF Wahn, West Germany. The two-man crew were unhurt, but the plane was damaged beyond repair.

May 29, 1956 (Tuesday)

May 30, 1956 (Wednesday)

May 31, 1956 (Thursday)


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