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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 1956.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on September 1956: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1956?


Events

  • 01 Sep 1956 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 02 Sep 1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
  • 03 Sep 1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
  • 04 Sep 1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
  • 05 Sep 1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer, New Mexico, USA.
  • 07 Sep 1956 Bell X-2 sets unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000+ feet.
  • 09 Sep 1956 70th US Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64)
  • 10 Sep 1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrates
  • 11 Sep 1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
  • 12 Sep 1956 Black students enter and are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
  • 13 Sep 1956 In the USA, IBM introduces the IBM 350 Disk File, the first hard drive, as part of the IBM RAMAC 305 computer. The drive features fifty double-sided 24-inch diameter platters, served by one arm and one read/write head. Capacity is about 5MB, and transfer rate is 8800 characters per second.
  • 14 Sep 1956 First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC.
  • 16 Sep 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
  • 17 Sep 1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
  • 18 Sep 1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon
  • 21 Sep 1956 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García is assassinated.
  • 24 Sep 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
  • 25 Sep 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
  • 27 Sep 1956 USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
  • 28 Sep 1956 Johnny Carson Show, TV Variety
  • 29 Sep 1956 I Love Mickey by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
  • 30 Sep 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in September 1956?
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Top #1 songs in the USA

  1. - Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)
  2. - Lay Down Your Arms
  3. - A Woman In Love
  4. - Rockin' Through The Rye
  5. - Hound Dog

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

Release year: 1956

Starring: Wally Cox, Ainslie Pryor

Country: United States of America

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Release year: 1956

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson

Country: United States of America

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Release year: 1956

Directed by: Anthony Squire

Starring: William Russell, Cyril Smith, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Robert Scroggins

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Attack

Attack

Release year: 1956

Directed by: Robert Aldrich

Starring: Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert, Robert Strauss

Country: United States of America

Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

Release year: 1956

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Starring: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in September 1956?
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The Birth Of Britain by Winston S. Churchill

The Birth Of Britain

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The Birth of Britain is the opening volume of A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill, the four-volume book that has been immensely popular and easy to read.

Profiles In Courage by John F. Kennedy

Profiles In Courage

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John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage was written in 1955 by the junior senator of Massachusetts. It served as a clear call to all Americans.

The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

The Mandarins

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"Salty and frank. Realistic." San Francisco Chronicle Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Mandarins, takes a frank look at Parisian intellectual society towards the end World.

A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan

A Certain Smile

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Francoise Sagan is most well-known for Bonjour Tristesse, her first novel. She published it in 1953 at age eighteen.

A Walk On The Wild Side by Nelson Algren

A Walk On The Wild Side

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A Walk in the Wild Side is a story that depicts the downtrodden prostitutes and bootleggers as well as the hustlers of Perdido Street in the French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans.