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  • South Vietnam
    Aug, 1956
    Vietnam War

    The death penalty against any activity deemed communist in August 1956

    South Vietnam
    Aug, 1956

    Beginning in the summer of 1955, Diệm launched the "Denounce the Communists" campaign, during which suspected communists and other anti-government elements were arrested, imprisoned, tortured, or executed. He instituted the death penalty against any activity deemed communist in August 1956.




  • Algeria
    Aug, 1956
    Algerian War

    The internals

    Algeria
    Aug, 1956

    In August and September 1956, the leadership of the FLN guerrillas operating within Algeria (popularly known as "internals") met to organize a formal policy-making body to synchronize the movement's political and military activities. The highest authority of the FLN was vested in the thirty-four member National Council of the Algerian Revolution (Conseil National de la Révolution Algérienne, CNRA), within which the five-man Committee of Coordination and Enforcement (Comité de Coordination et d'Exécution, CCE) formed the executive.




  • Algeria
    Wednesday Aug 1, 1956
    Algerian War

    73 Algerian are killed

    Algeria
    Wednesday Aug 1, 1956

    On the night of 10 August 1956, helped by members of Robert Martel's Union française nord-africaine, Achiary planted a bomb at Thèbes Road in the Casbah targeted at the FLN responsible for the June shootings, the explosion killed 73 Algerian.




  • Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Tuesday Aug 7, 1956
    Pelé

    Debut

    Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Tuesday Aug 7, 1956

    He made his senior team debut on 7 September 1956 at the age of 15 against Corinthians Santo Andre and had an impressive performance in a 7–1 victory, scoring the first goal in his prolific career during the match.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Aug 21, 1956
    Audrey Hepburn

    Natasha Rostova in War and Peace

    U.S.
    Tuesday Aug 21, 1956

    Having become one of Hollywood's most popular box-office attractions, she starred in a series of successful films during the remainder of the decade, including her BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated role as Natasha Rostova in War and Peace (1956), an adaptation of the Tolstoy novel set during the Napoleonic wars, starring Henry Fonda and her husband Mel Ferrer.




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