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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing…
Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the…
A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as…
After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing…
The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the…
The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the…
The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that…
Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre…
Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who…
Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army…
Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army…
The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns coloniali
The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into
The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into