1955-56

Trouble in the Suez-- The attacked followed Egypt's decision of 26 July 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canal, after the withdrawal of an offer an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam, which was in response to Egypt recognizing the People's Republic of China during the height of tensions between China and Taiwan.

The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, after ten years of work financed by the French and Egyptian governments.The canal was operated by the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal, an Egyptian-chartered company; the area surrounding the canal remained sovereign Egyptian territory and the only land-bridge between Africa and Asia.

Nikita Khrushchev-- Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. He was employed as a metalworker in his youth, and during the Russian Civil War was a political commissar. Khrushchev was present at the bloody defense of Stalingrad, a fact he took great pride in throughout his life. After the war, he returned to Ukraine before being recalled to Moscow as one of Stalin's close advisers.

Alabama-- The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system,by not riding the buses in Washington D.C. Many historically significant figures of the civil rights movement were involved in the boycott, including Martin Luther King Jr, and Ralph Abernathy. The boycott resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the Montgomery public transit system, because the city's black population who were the drivers of the boycott were also the bulk of the system's ridership. The ensuing struggle lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956 when a federal ruling took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional.

Budapest-- Is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. The Budapest Commuter Area is home to 3,271,110 people.