October 1956

Monday 08:

New York Yankees baseball pitcher Don Larsen pitches first (and only) perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

Monday 22:

A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Tuesday 23:

Thousands of Hungarians protest Soviet influence and occupation in their nation (Hungarian Revolution is put down on November 4).

Wednesday 24:

Soviet Union invades Hungary

Monday 29:

Tangier Protocol signed: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.

Wednesday 31:

Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.