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A
LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1956 |
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In
The News In 1956
101 Southern Congressmen call for massive resistance to Supreme
Court desegregation rulings.
Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with Swedish liner Stockholm
and sinks off Nantucket Island.
Anti-Communist revolt begins in Hungary is crushed by Soviet
troops and tanks.
Suez crisis occurs in the Middle East. |
Entertainment
in 1956
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Juan Ramon Jimenez - Spain
* Best Selling Fiction - Don't Go Near the Water, William Brinkley
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Arthritis and Common Sense, Dan Dale
Alexander
* Best Picture - Around the World in 80 Days, United Artis
* Best Director - George Stevens, Giant
* Best Actress - Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
* Best Actor - Yul Brynner, The King and I |
Sport
champions in 1956
* MLB - New York Yankees
* NFL - New York Giants
* NBA - Philadelphia 76ers
* NHL - Montreal Canadiens
* NCAA-Basketball - San Francisco
* KY Derby - Needles
* U.S. Open Golf - Cary Middlecoff
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Ken Rosewall
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Shirley Fry |
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