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January 26, 1956
On January 26, 1956, soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland. César, Anne Glover, Beatrice Ask would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 26, 1956
Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
Porkkalanniemi, often referred to simply as Porkkala, is a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, located at Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt) in Southern Finland.
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The year in brief
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
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On January 26, 1956
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1956 Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland. Peninsula in Finland
Porkkalanniemi, often referred to simply as Porkkala, is a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, located at Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt) in Southern Finland.
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Other moments from 1956
- April 19 Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
- April 26 SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
- April 3 Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
- April 30 Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
- April 5 Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
- April 7 Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco.
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