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  • Vietnam
    Jun, 1956
    Ho Chi Minh

    The Idea of overthrowing the South Vietnamese Government

    Vietnam
    Jun, 1956

    As early as June 1956 the idea of overthrowing the South Vietnamese government was presented at a politburo meeting.




  • Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 9, 1956
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Surgery for a bowel

    Virginia, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 9, 1956

    The president also suffered from Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine, which necessitated surgery for a bowel obstruction on June 9, 1956. To treat the intestinal block, surgeons bypassed about ten inches of his small intestine. His scheduled meeting with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was postponed so he could recover at his farm. He was still recovering from this operation during the Suez Crisis.




  • Algeria
    Tuesday Jun 19, 1956
    Algerian War

    Two FLN prisoners were executed

    Algeria
    Tuesday Jun 19, 1956

    On 19 June 1956 two FLN prisoners were executed by guillotine at the Barberousse Prison.




  • Algeria
    Thursday Jun 21, 1956
    Algerian War

    Immediate reprisals

    Algeria
    Thursday Jun 21, 1956

    Abane Ramdane ordered immediate reprisals against the French and Yacef Saâdi, who had assumed command in Algiers following Bitat's arrest was ordered to "shoot down any European, from 18 to 54. No women, no children, no elder." A series of random attacks in the city followed with 49 civilians shot by the FLN between 21 and 24 June.




  • Westchester, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Friday Jun 29, 1956
    Marilyn Monroe

    3rd Marriage

    Westchester, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Friday Jun 29, 1956

    Monroe and Miller were married in a civil ceremony at the Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York, on June 29, and two days later had a Jewish ceremony at the Waccabuc, New York home of Kay Brown, who was Miller's literary agent.




  • U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 1956
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower championed and signed the bill that authorized the Interstate Highway System

    U.S.
    Friday Jun 29, 1956

    Eisenhower championed and signed the bill that authorized the Interstate Highway System in 1956.




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