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Monday May 07, 1956
US date format: 5/7/1956, UK date format: 7/5/1956
It was Monday, under the sign of Taurus (see birth chart on May 7, 1956). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Jan Peter Balkenende and Dominique Lefebvre.
In UK No Other Love by Ronnie Hilton was in the top 5 hits.
The Killing, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1956
while The Scrolls From The Dead Sea by Edmund Wilson was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Lui e lei.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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The Killing
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Country: United States of America
The Searchers
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond
Country: United States of America
Great Day in the Morning
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Starring: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol
Good-bye, My Lady
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Starring: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Sidney Poitier
The Harder They Fall
Directed by: Mark Robson
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of May 07, 1956?
- USA - National Masturbation Day (Declared by Good_Vibrations_(sex_toy_business)) Now in its 11th year - [1][2][3][4][5]
- Blessed Gisela (died 1060)
- Saint Domitian of Huy, apostle of the Meuse valley
- Bulgaria - Radio and Television Day (see above)
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Holidays
- New York Giants' Bill White homers in his first at bat.
Events
- Jan Peter Balkenende: Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
- Dominique Lefebvre: French politician, the Socialist deputy...
- Calum MacDonald: Scottish politician and Member of...
- Ray Fernandez: American wrestler (Born 1957).
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 07, 1956?
- George Cates - Moonglow And Theme From Picnic
Top #1 songs in the USA
- Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love
- The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred Atwell
- Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell
- Kay Starr - Rock And Roll Waltz
- Lost John / Stewball - Lonnie Donegan
Top #5 songs in the UK
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Lui e lei
Scaramouche
Directed by: George Sidney
Double Cross
Directed by: Armand Gazarian
Vampira Returns
The Children's Television Caravan
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in May 1956?
- LIFE: Dream house women in lounges
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Ezra Benson -- May 7, 1956
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7460
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Birth Of Britain
By: Winston S. Churchill
The Birth of Britain is the first volume of A History of the English Speaking Peoples, the immensely popular and eminently readable four-volume work by Winston Churchill.
Profiles In Courage
By: John F. Kennedy
Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American.
The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
By: Sloan Wilson
Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. Its title — like Catch-22 and Fahrenheit 451 — has become a part of America's cultural vocabulary.
The Abode Of Love
By: Aubrey Menen
NY 1956 1st (A) Scribners. The conception, financing and daily routine of an English harem in the middle of the 19th century described in the form of a novel.
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