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In 1956, the world population was approximately 2,795,409,994 people[†]
1956Juliet Stevenson, English actress[†]
Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, is an English actress of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film appearances include Emma (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Being Julia (2004), Infamous (2006), The Enfield Haunting (2015), Wolf (2023), and Reawakening (2024).
1956Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party.[†]
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). The uprising lasted 15 days before being crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on 7 November 1956. Thousands were killed or wounded, and nearly a quarter of a million Hungarians fled the country.
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makes Met Opera debut
Gomulka, Cyrankiewicz back Hungarians on USSR withdrawal; Gen Bordzilowski takes over Rokossovsky duties; future of USSR officers in Poland under discussion with USSR
TV s from Boston charging Eisenhower had given nation reassurances about Near East that had been 'tragically less than truth, scoring Eisenhower as part-time leader, charging failures in foreign affairs; crowd of 8,000 hears him; thousands more outside hall; he tours downtown Boston; police put crowd size at 100,000; Stevenson s at gatherings of party workers; denounces Eisenhower on H-bomb; has phone conf with Dem state chmn; appears earlier in TV broadcast of a morning coffee hr with 3 sons, daughter-in-law, Mrs Kennedy; adds extra day of campaigning in Minn
Pres Eisenhower, Secs Dulles and Wilson, 6 other officials in emergency conf; Sen George says Pres may have to call special Cong session; Dulles confs with reprs of GB and France; confs with Ambs of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan on co-op move to curb war; Amb Eban assures US Asst Sec Rountree Israel's intentions are purely defensive; Ambs of Israel and Egypt conf with US officials; State Dept to evacuate Amers from Near East; 1st group leaves Israel; illus; GB and France reptd sympathetic to Israel
Silver says integration has been started over large area, including many schools in Bedford-Stuyvesant area; shifts required amending or discarding old dist and zoning regulations; some affected schools noted; Bd studies JHS 258 with view to racial balance; Jansen, reptg to Bd, hopes it can be accomplished when new JHS 61 is completed
Eisenhower defends actions in rights field, s, Miami; does not discuss issue in Jacksonville, Fla, and Richmond, Va
GYOR, Hungary, Oct. 29-- The small Soviet garrison of this industrial city has retired to a near-by wood, giving the townspeople free rein to rally and shout against the Nagy Government and demand democratic national elections.
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Sinai Peninsula invaded by Israel; Israelis drive 75 mi inside Egypt, 25 mi from Suez Canal
Israel invades Egypt; repts mil forces drive 75 mi into Sinai Peninsula, 25 mi from Suez Canal; states aim is to destroy fedayeen bases; Ben Gurion replies to 2 warning notes from Eisenhower; stresses fedayeen danger, Arab pact; Israeli Cabinet's subterfuge on attack decision noted; Meir confs with Ambs Nichols (GB) and Gilbert (France); both reptd critical of attack; Israelis rept Egyptian warships off Haifa just before attack; US citizens advised to leave Israel; 1st group leaves; map
USSR troops reptd still in control of Budapest but withdrawing as Hungarian units take over; rebels refuse to lay down arms until USSR troops evacuate city; fighting flares during night; rebels control much of West and South unchallenged by USSR troops; Western newsmen rept rebels lack unity, cite factions; Budapest radio says Russians will leave capital sector by sector; USSR seen reinforcing tank units by way of Rumania; Szabad Nep ed scores Moscow Pravda charge that uprising was incited by foreign imperialists; says fight is for liberty, independence, end of terror
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28-- President Eisenhower appears to hold a tenuous lead in the race for Minnesota's eleven electoral votes.