Jul 30 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized

Jul 23 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph

Jul 09 Dick Clark's first appearance as host of American Bandstand

Jul 25 ’One hour before midnight on July 25, 1956, the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm collided with the Italian liner Andrea Doria off the coast of Nantucket,later the Andrea Doria sank

Jul 02 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel"

Jul 07 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroyimg 2,000 buildings

Jul 30 The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.

Mar 20 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp

Mar 30 USSR performs nuclear test

Mar 16 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright

Mar 20 Tunisia gains independence from France

Mar 07 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300

Mar 12 Dow Jones closes above 500 for first time (500.24)

Mar 17 8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball

Mar 09 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles

Mar 03 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)

Mar 20 Tunisia gains independence from France

Mar 19 Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75

Mar 27 US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"

Mar 23 Sudan becomes independent

Mar 20 USSR performs nuclear test

Mar 13 New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their first Test Cricket win

Mar 15 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champion

Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

Mar 03 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns

Mar 10 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios

Mar 23 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)

Mar 02 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Féz, declares independence from France

Mar 17 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball

Mar 27 French commandos land in Algeria

Mar 26 Medic Alert Foundation forms

Mar 16 In Lebanon, two 6.0 eathquakes approximately 9 minutes apart. 136 killed, 6,000 houses destroyed and 17,000 damaged in 400 villages in the Chouf region.

Mar 09 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England

Mar 10 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)

Mar 26 Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One

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