I am an American, born in Michigan in 1956. I was the third of four sons born to a woman from Salt Lake City Utah and a man from Lewisburg Pennsylvania who met in Lewisburg. They were married in 1951 and remained so until her death in 1985, at age 55.
Other things that happened in 1956: Ike was re-elected President, defeating Adlai Stevenson fthe second time, 96 Congressmen (almost all southern Democrats) signed the Declaration of Constitutional Principles, also known as the Southern Manifesto, to counter the recent Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the United Methodist Church called for an end to congregational racial segregation.
Videotape was introduced in broadcasting, Reynold Johnson invented the hard disk drive for IBM, and China saw the rise of the asian flu.
The Soviet Army crushed rebellions in Georgia (SSR) and Hungary and labor unrest in Poland, Pakistan became the first announced Islamic Republic and Gamal Abdel Nasser became President of Egypt..
Mickey Mantle won the American League triple crown and Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series, Elvis had his first hit on the US pop charts with Heartbreak Hotel and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, Norma Jean Mortenson officially changed her name to Marilyn Monroe and married playwright Arthur Miller, Mel Gibson, Steve Ballmer, Dan Patrick and Geena Davis were born, and Tommy Dorsey and Babe Didrikson Zaharias died. (1)
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