The Suez Crisis was a conflict in late 1956 over control of the Suez Canal in Egypt. In July, President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal company, which was owned mainly by British and French shareholders. Israel, Britain and France then secretly agreed on a plan: Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula on 29 October, and Britain and France intervened on the pretext of separating the combatants, in fact to retake the canal. The operation was condemned by the United States and the Soviet Union, and financial pressure from Washington forced a withdrawal. The crisis showed the decline of British and French power, strengthened Nasser, and led to the first United Nations peacekeeping force. British prime minister Anthony Eden resigned soon after.
Before and after
- 18 October 1956Birth of Martina Navratilova
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- from 23 October 1956 to 10 November 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 28 October 1956Birth of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- from 29 October 1956 to 7 November 1956Suez Crisis
- 8 November 1956Discovery of Comet Arend–Roland
- from 5 December 1956 to 29 March 1961Treason Trial
- 20 December 1956Montgomery bus boycott
- 1957Founding of Kleť Observatory
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