June 1956
Tuesday 05:
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, Hound Dog, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
Wednesday 06:
David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
Saturday 16:
Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath
Wednesday 20:
A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people
Saturday 23:
Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.
Thursday 28:
Anti-communist demonstrations in Poznan. Also called <i>Poznański czerwiec</i> (June of Poznan).
Saturday 30:
A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing 128.
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