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Canada and stuff in the 1960's
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The 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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Wilbert Coffin is hanged
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Vere ponsobny dies
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Vere Ponsonby dies they are the governer general
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Princess Elizibeth becomes Queen Elizabeth
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Austria and Israel form diplomatic relations
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Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the 2nd president of Egypt
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A lab experiment at Sylvania Electric Products results in an explosion.
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Terry Puhl was born
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The British House of Lords defeats the abolition of the death penalty.
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After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network has its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
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Bruce Greenwood is born
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West Germany bans the Communist Party of Germany.
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Billy Bishop dies
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The second Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 39
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robert stanfield wins the election and becomes the premier of novia scotia
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Fidel Castro and his followers land in Cuba in the boat Granma.
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René Lévesque begins hosting Point de Mire
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John Diefenbaker is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
