31 October 1956 Posted on October 30, 2013 by Staff The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal during a crisis. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day." Ernest Hemingway — Click here for more from Ernest Hemingway Related posts: 9 April 1957 19 October 1956 30 January 1956 25 February 1956 21 May 1991 16 October 1962 31 October 1998 31 October 1998 15 August 1914