Sunday 16 December 1956
It was Sunday, under the sign of Sagittarius (see planets position on December 16, 1956). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Catherine Jacob and Lizzy Mercier Descloux.
In UK Just Walkin' In The Rain by Johnnie Ray was in the top 5 hits.
Baby Doll, directed by Elia Kazan, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1956
while This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Wedding Day.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
You can also have a look at the whole 1956 or at December 16 across the years.
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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".
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux
- 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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Planetary positions on this day
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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
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1956
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of December 1956 ?
Top #5 songs in the USA
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray
- The Green Door - Frankie Vaughan
- Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues
- Malcolm Vaughan - St Therese Of The Roses
- Rip It Up - Bill Haley & His Comets
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
This Hallowed Ground
First published in 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton’s classic account of the Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle in one brilliant volume.
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The Loving Couple
"THE LOVING COUPLE: HIS STORY BY VIRGINIA ROWANS, AUTHOR OF "HOUSE PARTY". "He stepped out of his pajama bottoms, hung them up with great care, opened the bathroom door, and stalked---silent,
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Don'T Go Near The Water
At once a rousing entertaining farce and gentle love story, this novel is set on a remote Pacific island during the waning days of the World War II.
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