1956 Headline News
    Southern Congressmen call on states to resist the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in the public schools.
Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel", his first hit.

President Anastasio Somoza Garcia is assassinated in Nicaragua.

National Cancer Institute suggests that increased rates of lung cancer may be due to air pollution. The first transatlantic telephone cable begins operation.
President Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to hold elections in South Vietnam.


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