arrested after he criticizes Josip Broz Tito. November 22 – The 1956 Summer Olympics begin in Melbourne, Australia. November 23 – The Suez Crisis causes petrol rationing in Britain. November 25 – Fidel Castro and Che Guevara depart from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, en route to Santiago de Cuba aboard the yacht Granma, with 82 men. November 28 – Roger Vadim's drama film And God Created Woman, released in France as Et Dieu ... créa la femme, propels Brigitte Bardot into the public spotlight as a "sex kitten". November 30 – African-American Floyd Patterson wins the world heavyweight boxing championship that is vacant after the retirement of Rocky Marciano. December December 2 Fidel Castro and his followers land in Cuba, from the yacht Granma. A pipe bomb planted by George Metesky explodes at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, injuring 6 people. December 3 – The 1956 Bush Terminal explosion occurs in Brooklyn. December 4 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio, for the first and last time in history. December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes into Slesse Mountain near Chilliwack, British Columbia. All 62 people aboard, including five Canadian Football League players, are killed. December 12 – Japan becomes a member of the United Nations. December 18 – To Tell the Truth debuts on CBS-TV in the United States. December 19 – British doctor John Bodkin Adams is arrested for the murder of 2 patients in Eastbourne, England; he will be acquitted. December 23 – British and French troops leave the Suez Canal region. December 31 – Bob Barker makes his television debut, as host of the game show Truth or Consequences in the United States. Date unknown Asian flu pandemic originates in China. The Alpine Club of Canada, Toronto section, is founded. Births January January 1 Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000) Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician, IMF Managing Director and ECB president Dzulkefly Ahmad, Malaysian politician Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (d. 2015) Andy Gill, English musician (Gang of Four) (d. 2020) January 3 Mel Gibson, American actor and director Tomiko Suzuki, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003) January 4 – Bernard Sumner, British musician January 5 Ana Pessoa Pinto, East Timorese politician and jurist Celso Blues Boy, Brazilian singer and guitarist (d. 2012) Chen