1956 in France
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Events from the year 1956 in France.
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Events
- 2 January - Legislative Election held.
- 1 February - Socialist leader Guy Mollet becomes prime minister
- 2 March - Morocco declares its independence from France.
- 20 March - Tunisia gains independence from France.
- 23 May - Minister Pierre Mendès-France resigns due to his government's policy on Algeria.
- 23 June - Loi Cadre passed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of the French Union.
- 10 September - Guy Mollet visits London and proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea was rejected by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden.[1]
- 28 September - Eden considers allowing France to join the Commonwealth of Nations, but this idea is also rejected.[1]
- 31 October - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
- 6 November - British and French forces seize control of two Egyptian ports before declaring a ceasefire.[2]
- 7 November - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
- 23 December - British and French troops leave Suez Canal. region.[3]
Sport
- 5 July - Tour de France begins.
- 28 July - Tour de France ends, won by Roger Walkowiak.
Births
- 11 February - Didier Lockwood, jazz violinist
Deaths
- 5 January - Mistinguett, singer (born 1875)
- 3 February - Émile Borel, mathematician and politician (born 1871)
- 18 February - Gustave Charpentier, composer (born 1860)
- 17 March - Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist, shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 (born 1897)
- 20 May - Pierre Allemane, international soccer player (born 1882)
- 26 October - Walter Gieseking, pianist and composer (born 1895)
- 23 November - André Marty, leading figure in the French Communist Party (born 1886)
