1 January: A stampede during a New Year's event ends with 124 dead and 77 injured near Yahiko Shrine, Japan.
3 January: A fire damages the top floors of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
8 January: Evangelical American priests were killed for trespassing by the Huorani people of Ecuador. After making contact with them.
16 January: King Farouk of Egypt formally orders the military to intervene in the refugee crisis, by building emergency temporary housing especially in cities like Alexandria, where a significant amount of European refugees reside.
20 January: Mitsubishi Aviation formally creates plans for an 'experimental' interceptor fighter, in collaboration with the Imperial Japanese Air Force.
11 February: As a result of the Yasuda Crisis, Japanese investment abroad starts plummeting, forcing the sovereign governments of many nations to enact stimulus packages on their own, stretching the budgets of the CPS even further.
18 February: After 5 years of ruling the French Commune, Daniel Guérin is about to face election. He is fighting against a rather powerful Syndicalist campaign led by a relatively new figure, a woman by the name of Simone de Beauvoir.
20 February: Japan now has formally achieved 'independence' on their imports of Steel. Despite the economic downturn, early investments made during the early 1950s have been paying dividends for the country. In Korea, the Dangjin and Suncheon Steel Mills are producing tons upon tons of Steel daily, exporting it to both their growing Domestic market and to Japan, while in China, a similar situation is happening within the facilities within the Anshan region.
22 February: Elvis Presley breaks American music charts with his hit single, Heartbreak Hotel.
28 February: Elections for the Socialist Republic of Russia, or West Russia, will begin in the year of 1958. With several promising candidates being fielded.
1 March: Some of the first Japanese SEAL recruits have passed training. Formally becoming active units within the Special Forces command, they now await further orders.
3 March: The first proposal for an
international radiotelephony alphabet was devised and formally presented as a draft for the OFS.
10 March: The American
F-102 Delta Dagger breaks the world speed record. Reaching 1.822 Km/h, becoming the first aircraft to reach a speed of an excess of 1.600 Km's in level flight.
12 March: 96 American Congressmen signed the
Southern Manifesto, in an act of protest against the Civil Rights Act of 1955.
13 March: Elvis Presley releases his first album in the Union State.
1 April: The Nakajima
SA-1 formally enters service within the Imperial Japanese Airforce. It became the branch's first high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
3 April: After a massively close election. Daniel Guérin still manages to become a leader within the Commune of France, with him assuming control as Chairman of France. Simone de Beauvoir however, vows to fight in the next election cycle regardless.
15 April: British Elections, after 5 years of being in power. Clement Attlee sweeps through victory with not much opposition, unlike in France, there isn't any powerful opposition figure currently in the UOB.
16 April: The Videotape was first demonstrated in the city of Nagoya. To a bunch of governmental regulators and business representatives. It is the first demonstration of a successful and practically viable video taping system.
27 April:
Rocky Marciano, heavyweight boxing champion, retires without ever losing a boxing match.
8 May: The first series of laws regulating the influence of Zaibatsus were first proposed, garnering significant pushback from all major and minor Zaibatsus.
13 May: Another series of laws, this time creating a basic safety net was also proposed. Unlike the ones with Zaibatsus, resistance to such laws weren't so powerful, and most of the proposals were passed into law by the end of May.
22 May: The NBC
Peacock logo debuts in the Union State.
25 May: The Iberian Federation and the Kingdom of India formally establishes diplomatic relations.
1 June: Japan begins experimenting with ICBM's. With the first ever ballistic missile. Named 'The Flying Fish', beginning experiments on the 1st of June.
3 June: After years of Negotiations, Insulindia and the Philippines would buy surplus Japanese Destroyers and Cruisers, commissioning them into their own navies. Ex-Fubuki and Shimakaze Class Destroyers are being sold at a good price to both countries.
9 June: The flag for the Imperial Japanese Army is formally dedicated.
21 June: Playwright Arthur Miller appears before the HUAC in Washington DC.
29 June: Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller in New York City.
30 June: The
Grand Canyon Collision, two airlines collided mid flight, killing all passengers aboard both airlines. The incident forces a systematic and thorough review of good aviation practices in America.
2 July: An experiment involving scrap Thorium within a Kawasaki Nuclear Industries facility in Fukuoka resulted in an explosion, the role of radiation poisoning was downplayed.
4 July: The Nakajima SA-1 begins it's first reconnaissance flight on Western Russia.
9 July: A 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake hits the Cyclades island group in the Aegean, 53 people were killed.
10 July: The Death Penalty was formally abolished in the Union of Britain.
13 July: Akira Nakashima (NEC), Eiichi Goto (Tokyo University), Joh Kenzo (Osaka Technical College), and Ishii Osamu (Electrotechnical Laboratory) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, at Kyushu University, Japan.
25 July: The SS Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the SS Stockholm off the coast of the Kattegat.
30 July: In God we trust was formally adopted as the American national motto.
5 August: DuMont Television Network airs its final broadcast after going bankrupt last year. An episode from it's sports series Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena.
7 August: A huge explosion in Cali, Colombia. Caused by seven trucks carrying dynamite. It killed roughly 1300 people and injured 7000 more.
9 August: An exhibition of
This is Tomorrow opens in London.
17 August: The Hard Disk Drive was invented by NEC.
9 September: Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
16 September: Television Broadcasting in Australia commences
27 September: The Kawasaki P-56 becomes the first manned aircraft to reach Mach 3.
1 October: Japanese Elections, Shigeru Yoshida's Minseito party obtains a 56% majority in seats within the House of Commons. Ousting Tetsu Katayama's Taishuto party to the wilderness, with only 34% of the vote. The Kakushinto and Seiyukai gained 5% respectively.
5 October: Cecil B DeMille's Ten Commandments airs in America, immediately becoming an instant hit and a major success worldwide.
8 October: After years of debate, it is agreed that the Japanese rocket program would utilize a three stage rocket system. One for liftoff, the other for continuing thrust, and the final stage being separation of the spacecraft from the rocket.
14 October:
Indira Kala Sangeet University was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi.
15 October: The Avro Lancaster bomber was formally retired from British Service.
17 October: Europe's first commercial nuclear power plant was opened in Calder Hall, England.
31 October: An expeditionary group done by the Imperial Japanese Navy reaches the South Pole (by air), and begins constructing a permanent research base in the South Pole.
1 November: The States' Reorganisation Act of India was passed by the Council of Princes, formally creating the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.
3 November: After stumbling in production due to the Civil War, the Wizard of Oz formally airs in the Union State.
5 November: 1956 US Presidential Election, Huey Long wins a decisive majority against challenger William Dudley Pelley.
12 November: Morocco, Sudan and Somalia formally joins the United Nations.
13 November: Browder v Gale. After pressure from the Union State government, the Supreme Court rules that segregated buses are unconstitutional, ending the Montgomery bus boycott and inflaming racial tensions in America even further.
15 November: The Middle East Technical University was founded in Damascus, Syria.
30 November: Floyd Patterson wins the world heavyweight boxing championship, a position that is vacant after the retirement of Rocky Marciano.
1 December: Representatives from the Imperial Japanese Army, Navy and Air Force meets in Tokyo to discuss the future of Japan's military strategy, the resulting document would then be sent into the government next year.
5 December:
Rose Heilbron becomes Britain's first female judge.
18 December: The Great Escape, the first ever game show, with prizes that included packaged vacation deals, airs on NHK.
31 December: Bob Barker makes his first debut as a host for the game show
Truth or Consequences.