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Thursday March 15, 1956
US date format: 3/15/1956, UK date format: 15/3/1956
It was Thursday, under the sign of Pisces (see birth chart on March 15, 1956). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Clay Matthews .
In UK It's Almost Tomorrow by The Dreamweavers was in the top 5 hits.
Forbidden Planet, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1956
while Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Heidi.
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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Forbidden Planet
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Country: United States of America
Raw Edge
Directed by: John Sherwood
Starring: Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo, Mara Corday, Neville Brand
Alexander the Great
Directed by: Robert Rossen
Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones
Country: United States of America
Who Done It?
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Starring: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh
The Man Who Never Was
Directed by: Ronald Neame
Starring: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of March 15, 1956?
- International Day Against Police Brutality
- Turkey buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio.
- Blessed Arnicus of Averbode
- For corporations in the United States that use the calendar year as their fiscal year, the date on which the corporation must file its corporate income tax return
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Holidays
- My Fair Lady opens at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City for 2,715 performances.
Events
- Clay Matthews: Jr.
Famous Birthday
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of March 15, 1956?
- The Platters - The Great Pretender
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Heidi
Directed by: Daniel Ray
Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
Directed by: Harry R. Sherman
Yo y Tú
Boomtown
Starring: Bill O'Brien
Country: United States of America
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in March 1956?
- LIFE: Eisenhower Seeking second term
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Leonard Hall -- Mar. 12, 1956
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7452
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
Eloise
By: Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel!Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York.
Herblock'S Here And Now
By: Herbert Block
Herbert Block has to be one of our greatest political cartoonists. Here is a great collection of his works during the days of Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower in the
Gift From The Sea
By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a
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.
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