October 23, 1956 – November 10, 1956★★★★★
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
A nationwide uprising against Hungary's Soviet-backed government is crushed by Soviet forces.
Revolution· Hungary, Russia
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Events this year
October 29, 1956 – November 7, 1956★★★★★
Suez Crisis
After Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal, Israel, Britain and France attack Egypt but withdraw under US and Soviet pressure.
WarPolitics· Egypt, Israel, United Kingdom, France
Ongoing
1953 – 1956★★★★★
Land reform in North Vietnam
A land reform campaign in the North redistributes land, accompanied by many executions; the government later acknowledges errors and launches a rectification in 1956.
PoliticsEconomy· Vietnam
November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962★★★★★
Algerian War of Independence
The National Liberation Front (FLN) fights French rule; the war ends with the Évian Accords and Algerian independence in 1962.
WarRevolution· Algeria, France
November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975★★★★★
Vietnam War
A conflict between North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on one side and South Vietnam, backed by the United States and its allies, on the other; it ends with the fall of Saigon in 1975.
War· Vietnam, United States, Laos, Cambodia
December 1, 1955 – December 1956★★★★★
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, sparking a year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
Politics· United States