| World Series Champions: |
New York Yankees |
| NFL Champions: |
New York Giants |
| NBA Champions: |
Philadelphia Warriors |
| Stanley Cup Champs: |
Montreal Canadiens |
| U.S. Open Golf |
Cary Middlecoff |
| U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) |
Ken Rosewall/Shirley J. Fry |
| Wimbledon (Men/Women): |
Lew Hoad/Shirley Fry |
| NCAA Football Champions: |
Oklahoma |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: |
San Francisco |
| Kentucky Derby: |
Needles |
| Sports Highlights: |
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| The Hotties and Fashion Icons: |
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Ava Gardner,
Dorothy Dandridge, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Doris
Day, Kim Novak, Lana Turner |
| The Heartthrob(s): |
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| "The Quotes of 1956" |
"That'll be the day"
- John Wayne, in 'The Searchers'
"You’re in good hands with Allstate"
-Allstate
"We will bury you."
- Nikita Khrushchev
"Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking
corpse"
- James Dean
"Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
-Times (watches)
"Away go troubles down the drain"
- Roto-Rooter
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| Time Magazine's Men of the Year |
Hungarian Freedom Fighter |
| Miss America: |
Sharon Ritchie (Denver, CO) |
| Miss USA: |
Carol Morris (Iowa) |
| The Scandals: |
Charles Van Doren and Herb Stempel, the leading competitors
on TV's quiz show, Twenty-One, admitted to being coached
by producers of the show.
Dick Clark took over hosting duties on Bob Horn's
Bandstand after Bob allegedly twiddled with female
teenage dancers who appeared on his show. They changed
the name to American Bandstand.
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| Nerd News: |
Monkee's Mike Nesmith's mother, Bette Nesmith Graham
invents "Mistake Out," later renamed Liquid
Paper.
October 8, Game 5 of the World Series, NY Yankee
right-hander Don Larson pitched a 'perfect game.'
The hovercraft was invented by Christopher Cockerell.
25 people were hospitalized after a melee at a Bill
Haley concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
 ALCOHOL-RELATED
ARTIST DEATH: Jackson Pollock died in a car
accident. His 1948 work, No. 5 sold to David Geffen
for $140,000,000.
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| The Habit: |
Reading Profiles in Courage by John F.
Kennedy |
| 1st appearances & 1956's Most Popular
Christmas gifts, toys and presents: |
Yahtzee, Ticklebee Game , Play-Doh (color,
actual white came out in 1958), Ant Farm |
| Best Film Oscar Winner: |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
1956 Most Popular TV shows:
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1. I Love Lucy (CBS)
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
3. General Electric Theatre (CBS)
4. The $64,000 Question (CBS)
5. December Bride (CBS)
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
7. I've Got A Secret (CBS)
8. Gunsmoke (CBS)
9. The Perry Como Show (NBC)
10. The Jack Benny Show (CBS) |
1956 Billboard
Number One Songs |
November 26, 1955 - January 13, 1956:
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
January 14 - February 17:
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
February 18 - March 2:
Great Pretender - The Platters
March 3 - March 23:
Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
March 24 - May 2:
Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter
May 3 - June 15:
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
June 16 - August 3:
Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
August 4 - August 17:
I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone
August 18 - September 14:
My Prayer - The Platters
September 15 - November 2:
Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
November 3 - November 16:
Green Door - Jim Lowe
November 17 - December 7:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 8 - December 21:
Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
December 22 - December 28:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 29, 1956 - February 8, 1957:
Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
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