The most surprising thing about the Twenty-second Congress of the Soviet Communist Party is that it is surprising -- perhaps quite as much, in its own way, as the Twentieth Congress of 1956, which ended with that famous `` secret '' report on Stalin.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

In the Middle East, the Suez crisis of 1956 as well as the preceding crisis in Iran, demonstrated the sharp upsurge of nationalism, which was as assertive of the region's social and economic aspirations as of its political independence.

Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture: it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, again in 1885, and in 1956 at Aberdare Park where the Gorsedd standing stones still exist.

* 1956 – Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.

Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of " That'll Be The Day ", which took its title from a line that John Wayne's character says repeatedly in the 1956 film The Searchers.

In Sept 1956, the team added a sixth aircraft to the flight demonstration in the Opposing Solo position, and gave its first performance outside the United States at the International Air Exposition in Toronto, Canada.

The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception ; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971.

Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000 ) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck ( 1947 ), Gladstone Gander ( 1948 ), the Beagle Boys ( 1951 ), The Junior Woodchucks ( 1951 ), Gyro Gearloose ( 1952 ), Cornelius Coot ( 1952 ), Flintheart Glomgold ( 1956 ), John D. Rockerduck ( 1961 ) and Magica De Spell ( 1961 ).

The car was first called Solitude, but got its final name from the several long distance speed records it made on the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy in November 1956.

By 1969 West German cinema attendance at 172. 2 million visits per year was less than a quarter of its 1956 post-war peak.

* 1956 – In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.

Accra, in the British colony of the Gold Coast, was also the location of the British Army ’ s Headquarters West Africa Command which remained there until its disbandment in 1956.

From 1945 to 1956, the German Mine Sweeping Administration and its successor organizations, made up of former members of the Kriegsmarine, became something of a transition stage for the Marine, allowing the future Marine to draw on experienced personnel upon its formation.

In 1956, Phillip Cagan wrote The Monetary Dynamics of Hyperinflation, generally regarded as the first serious study of hyperinflation and its effects.

* Frits Lugt, Les marques de collections de dessins & d ' estampes, 1921 and its Supplement 1956, online edition

* 1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its very last " Big Tent " show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.

From 1956 onwards Sartre rejected the claims of the PCF to represent the French working classes, objecting to its " authoritarian tendencies ".

The 1956 Pipeline Debate led to the widespread impression that the Liberals had grown arrogant in power when the government invoked closure on numerous occasions in order to curtail debate and ensure that its Pipeline Bill passed by a specific deadline.

By 1956, the city had grown to, and doubled in size over the next decade to its current size of roughly.

In 1956 the United Kingdom selected Malden as the " instrumentation site " for its first series of thermonuclear ( H-bomb ) weapons tests, based at Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ).

Despite achieving independence in 1956, Morocco still has a strong relationship with its former colonizers.

* 1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.

Since 1 April 1956, Aalen has the status of Große Kreisstadt (“ major district town ”).

The development of this department at the British Museum moved the focus for the development of conservation from Germany to Britain, and in 1956 Plenderleith wrote a significant handbook called The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, it was this book rather than Rathgen's that is commonly seen as the major source for the development of conservation as we know it today.

This was despite major actions in Korea in 1950 and Suez in 1956.

After the industrial scale production of cadmium started in the 1930s and 1940s, the major application of cadmium was the coating of iron and steel to prevent corrosion ; in 1944, 62 % and in 1956, 59 % of the cadmium in the United States was for coating.

In a major speech to an SED party conference on 28 March 1956, Grotewohl condemned abuses in the legal system.

As Minister for Immigration ( 1949 – 1956 ), Holt was responsible for the relaxation of the White Australia policy and as Treasurer under Menzies he initiated major fiscal reforms including the establishment of the Reserve Bank of Australia and launched and guided the process to convert Australia to decimal currency.

Paul Jackson Pollock ( January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956 ), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

The beginning of major migration to Europe began during the colonial era ( 1912 to 1956 ).

This prompted some of the first major modern environmental legislation, The Clean Air Act of 1956.

A major impetus to the development of the British-run police force came in 1956 when about 2, 000 demonstrators, who coalesced over issues such as Gamal Abdul Nasser's pan-Arabism and opposition to Britain and to Shaykh Ali bin Abdullah's retinue, marched through Doha.

The most important event for the dissemination of Whorf's ideas to a larger public was the publication in 1956 of his major writings on the topic of linguistic relativity in a single volume titled " Language, Thought and Reality " edited by J.

In 1956 a major earthquake near Amorgos island resulted in the demolishing of many buildings in the north of Santorini, leading to the desertion of many of its villages.

Chuck Berry, with " Maybellene " ( 1955 ), " Roll over Beethoven " ( 1956 ), " Rock and Roll Music " ( 1957 ) and " Johnny B. Goode " ( 1958 ), refined and developed the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, focusing on teen life and introducing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.

* London Institute of World Affairs, The Year Book of World Affairs 1957 ( London 1957 ) full text online, comprehensive reference book covering 1956 in diplomacy, international affairs and politics for major nations and regions

* London Institute of World Affairs, The Year Book of World Affairs 1957 ( London 1957 ) full text online, comprehensive reference book covering 1956 in diplomacy, international affairs and politics for major nations and regions

A strong demand for new residential and commercial areas drove to extreme urban expansion and architectural renewal, that has produced some of the major milestones in the city's architectural history, including Gio Ponti's Pirelli Tower ( 1956 – 60 ), Velasca Tower ( 1956 – 58 ), and the creation of brand new residential satellite towns, as well as huge amounts of low quality public housings.

As Tess faded into the background as a major character, the changing face of law enforcement in real life was also reflected in Tracy's taking on a female assistant, rookie policewoman Lizz Worthington, who joined the police force in 1956 and immediately was assigned to help in the investigation of her long-lost sister's murder by juvenile delinquent Joe Period.

Unforgiven was a major commercial and critical success ; Jack Methews of the Los Angeles Times described it as " the finest classical western to come along since perhaps John Ford's 1956 The Searchers.

Fromm's most popular book was The Art of Loving, an international bestseller first published in 1956, which recapitulated and complemented the theoretical principles of human nature found in Escape from Freedom and Man for Himself — principles which were revisited in many of Fromm's other major works.

* Marcus Licinius Crassus is a major character in the 1956 Alfred Duggan novel, Winter Quarters.

Other well-known pieces include Miss Melanie, Like Old Times, The Watermill ( 1958 ) for oboe and strings, and his Concerto for Alto Saxophone in E-flat major ( 1956 ).

Stevenson again won the nomination at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, becoming the last Unitarian to be nominated for the presidency by a major party.

Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933 – 1956 ( 2006 ), the major scholarly study