1956
ID: 1707
CIBA began marketing methylphenidate as Ritalin for adult psychiatric conditions
ID: 1707
1956
ID: 1708
First recorded meeting between Hoover and Rosenstiel; James Rutkin dies mysteriously
ID: 1708
1956
ID: 1709
BND Formation: Gehlen Organization officially becomes West German Federal Intelligence Service
ID: 1709
1956
ID: 1710
Suez Crisis: German intelligence helps orchestrate crisis that weakens British and French influence
ID: 1710
1956
ID: 1711
Fritz ter Meer becomes Bayer chairman after serving 7 years for slavery charges
ID: 1711
1956
ID: 1712
Wilhelm Reich's The Sexual Revolution banned by FDA on mental, psychological, and physical health grounds
ID: 1712
1956
ID: 1713
Don Pasquale Uva discovers infiltrator 'Sanomonte' from Communist Party at House of Divine Providence
ID: 1713
1956
ID: 1714
Herbert Aptheker defends Soviet invasion of Hungary
ID: 1714
1956
ID: 1715
John McCarthy coins term 'artificial intelligence' and develops LISP programming language
ID: 1715
1956
ID: 1716
Non-stick cookware using Teflon coating first sold commercially
ID: 1716
1956
ID: 4264
IBM surpasses Sperry Rand in computer installations - IBM's superior sales force and business focus defeats technical advantages
ID: 4264
1956
ID: 4265
Justice Department forces IBM and Sperry Rand to cross-license patents in consent decree - opens computer market
ID: 4265
1956
ID: 1706
May 15, 1956
Pope Pius XII issues 'Haurietis Aquas' on Sacred Heart devotion
ID: 1706
1956
ID: 4305
September 1956
IBM introduces 305 RAMAC with first hard disk drive - 5 million characters on 50 disks
ID: 4305
1956
ID: 5572
October 23, 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 begins - students and workers rise against Soviet occupation
ID: 5572
1956
ID: 5573
November 4, 1956
Soviets crush Hungarian Revolution with 2,500 tanks - 200,000 Hungarians flee as refugees
ID: 5573