Timeline Thursday 26 July 1956

Events on Thursday 26 July 1956 2

• 1956 Andrea Doria sinks off Nantucket Italian liner sinks after mid-Atlantic collision The Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and sank the following morning. Forty-six people died in the collision and sinking. Most of the roughly 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued in one of the largest maritime rescue operations of its time.
• 1956 Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Nasser seizes control of the canal Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, taking control of the canal from its British and French shareholders. The move came after the United States and Britain withdrew funding for the Aswan Dam project. It directly triggered the Suez Crisis later that year.