Sunday 16 December 1956
It was Sunday, under the sign of Sagittarius. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Catherine Jacob and Spagna .
In UK Just Walkin' In The Rain by Johnnie Ray was in the top 5 hits.
The Wrong Man, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1956
while Don'T Go Near The Water by William Brinkley was one of the best selling books.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- R.C. Saints - O Sapientia ; Adelaide of Italy
- South Africa - Day of Reconciliation
- Nepal - Constitution Day (To be confirmed)
- Kazakhstan - Independence Day
- Bahrain - National Day
- Bangladesh - Victory Day
Famous Birthdays:
- Catherine Jacob: French actress, she won the Cesar award in 1988 for Best promising actress, playing in "Life is a long quiet river".
- Spagna : Italian singer-songwriter.
- Lizzy Descloux: French musician singer-songwriter composer actress writer and painter (d. 2004).
Famous Deaths:
- Nina Hamnett: Welsh-English painter (d. 1956).
Facts:
- Fanny closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
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Music Charts
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in December 1956?
- Life: Olympian Morrow
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Wladyslaw Gomulka -- Dec. 10, 1956
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7491
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Ten North Frederick
The National Book Award–winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald”Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed ...
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An Episode Of Sparrows
An emergency meeting of the Mortimer Square Garden Committee has been convened to discuss a most alarming matter: Someone has been digging in the garden and making off with buckets of dirt.
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The Tontine
This story of a tontine (a strange and enticing form of gamble, part lottery, part insurance) begins with the day when the battle of Waterloo was fought and ends when the nineteenth century was drawing to a close....
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The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit
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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Videogames
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