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April 14 – Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (modern-day NAB) convention in Chicago by Ampex. It is the demonstration of the first practical and commercially successful videotape format known as 2" Quadruplex. April 18 – Maria Desylla-Kapodistria is elected mayor of Corfu, becoming the first female mayor in Greece. April 19
April 14 – Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago by Ampex. It is the demonstration of the first practical and commercially successful videotape format known as 2" Quadruplex. April 19 – American actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. April 21 – Former U.S.
The Treaty of London (1956) is signed to set up an independent Federation of Malaya; 11 February – Two of the "Cambridge spies", Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, appear in Moscow after vanishing as diplomats in mysterious circumstances in 1951. [7] 12 February – Double yellow lines to prohibit parking introduced in Slough. [8]
1956 Summer Olympics takes place in Melbourne, Australia Equestrian events take place in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian quarantine laws. USSR wins the most medals (98), and the most gold medals (37). 1956 Winter Olympics takes place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy USSR wins the most medals (16), and the most gold medals (7).
Melbourne Cup winner in 1956 was Evening Peal, ridden by George Podmore Trained by E.D.Lawson; New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield; Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Solo wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race; New South Wales Rugby League premiership: St George defeated Balmain
1956 – President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period; 1956 – The U.S. refuses to provide military support the Hungarian Revolution; 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
Events from the year 1956 in Canada. 1956 Canadian Pontiac Pathfinder Sedan Delivery . Like all Canadian-built Pontiacs of the era, built on a Chevrolet chassis, with Chevrolet engines.
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