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April 7, 1956
On April 7, 1956, francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco. César, Anne Glover, Beatrice Ask would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 7, 1956
Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco.
Francoist Spain, also known as the Franco dictatorship, was the period of Spanish history during which Francisco Franco ruled first Nationalist-held territories of Spain during the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 and then the whole of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. During this period, the country was officially known as the Spanish State.
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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 April 7, 1956
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1956 Francoist Spain agrees to surrender its protectorate in Morocco. Period of Spanish history (1936–1975)
Francoist Spain, also known as the Franco dictatorship, was the period of Spanish history during which Francisco Franco ruled first Nationalist-held territories of Spain during the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939 and then the whole of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. During this period, the country was officially known as the Spanish State.
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- 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.
- August 27 The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
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