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See also: 1955 in France, other events of 1956, 1957 in France.

Events from the year 1956 in France.

Events

• 2 January - Legislative Election held.
• 2 March - Morocco declares its independence from France.
• 20 March - Tunisia gains independence from France.
• 23 May - Minister Pierre Mendès-France resigns due to his government's policy on Algeria.
• 23 June - Loi Cadre passed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of the French Union.
• 10 September - Guy Mollet visits London and proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea was rejected by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. ^[1]
• 28 September - Eden considers allowing France to join the Commonwealth of Nations, but this idea is also rejected. ^[1]
• 31 October - Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• 6 November - British and French forces seize control of two Egyptian ports before declaring a ceasefire. ^[2]
• 7 November - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to withdraw their troops from Arab lands immediately.
• 23 December - British and French troops leave Suez Canal. region.^[3]

Sport

• 5 July - Tour de France begins.
• 28 July - Tour de France ends, won by Roger Walkowiak.

Births

• February 11 - Didier Lockwood, jazz violinist

Deaths

• 5 January - Mistinguett, singer (b.1875).
• 3 February - Émile Borel, mathematician and politician (b.1871).
• 18 February - Gustave Charpentier, composer (b.1860).
• 17 March - Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist, shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 (b.1897).
• 20 May - Pierre Allemane, international soccer player (b.1882).
• 26 October - Walter Gieseking, pianist and composer (b.1895).
• 23 November - André Marty, leading figure in the French Communist Party (b.1886).

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