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.

David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.

Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath

A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey killing 74 people

Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt.

Anti-communist demonstrations in Poznan. Also called <i>Poznański czerwiec</i> (June of Poznan).

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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