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1956
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56 (number)
56 (fifty-six) is the natural number following 55 and preceding 57. Mathematics 56 is: * The sum of the first six triangular numbers (making it a tetrahedral number). * The number of ways to choose 3 out of 8 objects or 5 out of 8 objects, if order does not matter. * The sum of six consecutive primes (3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17) * a tetranacci number and a pronic number. * a refactorable number, since 8 is one of its 8 divisors. * The sum of the sums of the divisors of the first 8 positive integers. * A semiperfect number, since 56 is twice a perfect number. * A partition number - the number of distinct ways 11 can be represented as the sum of natural numbers. * An Erdős–Woods number, since it is possible to find sequences of 56 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member. * The only known number n such that , where φ(''m'') is Euler's totient function and σ(''n'') is the sum of the divisor function, see . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856
Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voyage on which she will be lost with all 186 on board. * January 24 – U.S. President Franklin Pierce declares the new Free-State Topeka government in "Bleeding Kansas" to be in rebellion. * January 26 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the suppress an indigenous uprising, in response to Governor Stevens' declaration of a "war of extermination" on Native communities. * January 29 ** The 223-mile North Carolina Railroad is completed from Goldsboro through Raleigh and Salisbury to Charlotte. ** Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration. * February ** The Tintic War breaks out in Utah. ** The National Dress Reform Association is founded in the United States to promote "rational" dress for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56 BC
__NOTOC__ Year 56 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Republic, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Philippus (or, less frequently, year 698 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 56 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic * Roman Consuls are Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus and Lucius Marcius Philippus. * Clodia accuses her former lover Marcus Caelius Rufus of trying to poison her. The trial ends with the defendant acquitted thanks to the ''Pro Caelio'' speech of Cicero. There is no further mention of the previously famous Clodia. * Third year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars: ** Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus , one of Caesar's subordinates, defeats the Veneti of Brittany: The Gauls lose most of their warships to the Romans in a sea battle at modern-day Quiberon Bay. The stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AD 56
AD 56 ( LVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (or, less frequently, year 809 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination AD 56 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * War between Rome and Parthia breaks out due to the invasion of Armenia by King Vologases I, who has replaced the Roman-supported ruler with his brother Tiridates I of Armenia. (approximate date) * Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus becomes a consul in Rome. Asian Calendar * The ''Jianwu'' era of the Eastern Han Dynasty changes to the ''Jianwuzhongyuan'' era. Births * Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2056
In contemporary history, the third millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era in the Gregorian calendar is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000 (21st to 30th centuries). Ongoing futures studies seek to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly change in the course of this period and beyond. Predictions and forecasts not included on this timeline * List of future astronomical events ** List of lunar eclipses in the 21st century ** List of solar eclipses in the 21st century * Projections of population growth * Climate change ** Representative Concentration Pathway ** Shared Socioeconomic Pathways * Extinction * List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events * Predictions and claims for the Second Coming * Near future in fiction * Works falling into the public domain in the United States 21st century 2000s * See: 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 2010s * See: 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty-Six, Arkansas
Fifty-Six is a city in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 158, a decrease of 15 people from 2010. History When founding the community in 1918, locals submitted the name "Newcomb" for the settlement. This request was rejected, and the federal government internally named the community for its school district number (56). It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. Geography Fifty-Six is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 163 people, 71 households, and 51 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 87 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.55% White and 2.45% Native American. 1.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 71 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiftysix, Arkansas
Fiftysix is an unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Craighead County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{CraigheadCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Stanton
''Arch Stanton'' is the sixth studio album by the instrumental stoner rock band Karma to Burn. It was released on August 18, 2014 by FABA and Deepdive Records. The album will be reissued in 2023 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Unlike their previous release '' V'', this album returns to their exclusively instrumental roots, although the final track features dialogue snippets from the classic Spaghetti Western ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', from which the album title is derived. Track listing Standard release Personnel * William Mecum William Charles Mecum (May 4, 1972 – April 29, 2021) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
