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March 20, 1956
On March 20, 1956, tunisia gains independence from France. César, Anne Glover, Beatrice Ask would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 20, 1956
Tunisia gains independence from France.
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east.
Around 1956
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 March 20, 1956
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1956 Tunisia gains independence from France. Country in North Africa
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east.
Elsewhere that year
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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