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Sunday December 16, 1956
US date format: 12/16/1956, UK date format: 16/12/1956
It was Sunday, under the sign of Sagittarius (see birth chart 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 Three Saints And A Sinner by Louise Hall Tharp was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Wedding Day.
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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Baby Doll
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Country: United States of America
The Wrong Man
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone
Country: United States of America
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Directed by: Jean Delannoy
Starring: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin
Directed by: Ernst Marischka
Starring: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Dance with Me, Henry
Directed by: Charles Barton
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau, Rusty Hamer
Historical Events
Which were the important events of December 16, 1956?
- R.C. Saints - O Sapientia ; Adelaide of Italy
- South Africa - Day of Reconciliation
- Nepal - Constitution Day (To be confirmed)
- Kazakhstan - Independence Day
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Holidays
- Fanny closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
Events
- Catherine Jacob: French actress, she won the Cesar award...
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux
- Spagna : Italian singer-songwriter.
- Lizzy Descloux: French musician singer-songwriter...
Famous Birthday
- Nina Hamnett: Welsh-English painter (d. 1956).
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of December 16, 1956?
- 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
Top #5 songs in the UK
Sport Games on December 16, 1956
- Baltimore Colts - San Francisco 49ers : 17 - 30
- Chicago Cardinals - Cleveland Browns : 24 - 7
- Detroit Lions - Chicago Bears : 21 - 38
- Green Bay Packers - Los Angeles Rams : 21 - 49
- Pittsburgh Steelers - Washington Redskins : 23 - 0 See all American Football game results of December 16, 1956
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Wedding Day
Directed by: Andre Gordon
Hit Parade
Directed by: Joe Casey
Home
Directed by: Tim Johnson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Directed by: Alastair Reid
Kidnapped
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
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?
Three Saints And A Sinner
By: Louise Hall Tharp
Little, Brown, 1956, 1st, Very good., Text clean. No dust jacket. Private bookplate. Light wear. 406 pages. First edition. [Biography, Julia Ward Howe, Louisa Ward, Samuel Ward, Annie Ward] Out-of-print and
This Hallowed Ground
By: Bruce Catton
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.
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.
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