1956 the year my mother was born. Please help me with the video by voting.
- UK bans heroin- 0 votes
- Elvis Presley enters the United States music charts for the first time, with “Heartbreak Hotel.” – 3 votes
- Elvis Presley releases his first Gold Album titled Elvis Presley. – 1 vote
- Videotape first demonstrated – 1 vote
- Methodist allows women full ordination as clergy and calls to end segregation in the denomination – 0 votes
- The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City. – 1 vote
- Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco – 3 votes
- Electric/Telechron introduces model 7H241 “The Snooz Alarm”, first snooze alarm clock ever.
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the phrase “under God” should be added to the Pledge of Allegiance
- “In God We Trust” made US National Motto – 2 vote
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway System
- 13 year old Bobby Fischer beats Chess Grand Master Donald Byrne in “The Game of the Century” – 2 vote
- The first hard disk drive (5MB) is born at IBM. – 2 votes
- MGM’s screen classic, The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), is shown on television for the first time by CBS. – 4 votes
- Japan becomes member of the United Nations. – 1 vote
- To Tell The Truth debuts on CBS-TV. – 0 votes
- NYC’s “Mad Bomber”‘s last bomb explodes – 1 vote
And in 1956 music
- Wayward Wind – Gogi Grant
- Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
- Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley – 2 votes
- I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash – 4 votes