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Tunisia
France
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129175
Sudan
Egypt
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11992
Olga Mukutivna Skavinska
Stepan Skavinskyy
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750722
Morocco
France
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126017
Olof Palme
Lisbet Palme
in 1956
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713095
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
in 1956
...
339605
James Baldwin
Giovannis Room
in 1956
...
303582
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
in 1956
...
339239
John Barth
The Floating Opera
in 1956
...
339316
Romain Gary
The Roots of Heaven
in 1956
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339836
Sam Selvon
Lonely Londoners
in 1956
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308411
Egypt
Suez Crisis
in 1956
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9348
Nelson Mandela
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400005

Ingamar Stenmark
in 1956
" Ingemar Stenmark , born March 18, 1956 in Joesjö , Västerbotten County , is one of history's premier alpine skiers with a total of two Olympic gold medals , five World Championship gold medals and 86 world cup victories in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom "

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732608

Perry Miller
in 1956
"[T]heir errand was not a mere scouting expedition: it was an essential maneuver in the drama of Christendom . . . . These Puritans did not flee to America; they went in order to work out that complete reformation which was not yet accomplished in England and Europe"

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-349461

Rosa Parks
in 1956
" I would have to know for once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen."

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716646
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
in 1956
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238301
Ingamar Stenmark
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124490
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
in
London
made an official visit to Britain
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752416
Michael Jackson
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138964
Hiram Bingham
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725014
Erika Szeles Szeles
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749418
?Around the World in Eighty Days?
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in 1956
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280806
?Giant
Academy Award for Best Director
in 1956
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279779
?The King and I
Academy Award for Best Sound
in 1956
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282377
?The Silent World
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in 1956
...
280009
Adlai Stevenson
Presidential Elections
in 1956
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311300
Adlai Stevenson
41% percent of the popular vote
in 1956
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276330
Aldemaro Romero
Dinner in Colombia
in 1956
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238239
Aldemaro Romero
Flight to Romance
in 1956
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238253
Aldemaro Romero
Venezuelan Fiesta
in 1956
...
238326
Anastasia
Academy Award for Best Actress
in 1956
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277635
Anita ODay
Pick Yourself Up with Anita ODay
in 1956
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238295
Anita ODay
This Is Anita
in 1956
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238318
Aretha Franklin
Songs of Faith
in 1956
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238311
Around the World in 80 Days
Academy Award for Best Picture
in 1956
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282075
Auto Cub
in 1956
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361007
Bill Evans
New Jazz Conceptions
in 1956
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238287
Bill Haley & His Comets
Rock n Roll Stage Show
in 1956
...
238298
Cal Tjader
Latin Kick
in 1956
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238270
Charles Mingus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
in 1956
...
238296
Chet Atkins
Finger Style Guitar
in 1956
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238252
Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carol
Growers Bank and Trust
in 1956
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303775
Clipper
in 1956
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361010
Clipper
in 1956
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361011
Continental
in 1956
...
361013
Dalida
Son nom est Dalida
in 1956
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238306
Dinah Shore
Holding Hands at Midnight
in 1956
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238263
Dinah Shore
Love Songs Sung
in 1956
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238276
Dorothy Malone
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in 1956
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283809
Dual-Ghia
in 1956
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361014
Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport
in 1956
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238247
El Morocco
in 1956
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361015
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
in 1956
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238245
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
in 1956
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238246
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company
Farmers National Bank of Bucks County
in 1956
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301695
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company
Roosevelt Bank
in 1956
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337614
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine & The Four Lads
in 1956
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238258
Gaylord
in 1956
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361016
George Rochberg
Symphony 2
in 1956
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238009
Georgia Gibbs
Music and Memories
in 1956
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238285
Georgia Gibbs
Song Favorites
in 1956
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238307
Georgia Gibbs
Swingin with Her Nibs
in 1956
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238314
Giacinto Scelsi
Ixor
in 1956
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238004
Harry Belafonte
Calypso
in 1956
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238230
Jimmy Smith
The Champ
in 1956
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238231
Jo Stafford
A Girl Named Jo
in 1956
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238259
Jo Stafford
Ski Trails
in 1956
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238305
Julie London
Calendar Girl
in 1956
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238229
Julie London
Lonely Girl
in 1956
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238275
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Gesang der Junglinge
in 1956
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238011
Kay Starr
Kay Starr Country
in 1956
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238268
Kay Starr
Songs by Kay Starr
in 1956
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238308
Kay Starr
Swingin with Kay Starr?
in 1956
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238315
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk Plays Dixieland
in 1956
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238271
Lawrence Welk
Merry Christmas
in 1956
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238283
Lawrence Welk
Pick a Polka
in 1956
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238294
Lawrence Welk
Say It with Music
in 1956
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238302
Luigi Nono
Canto Sospeso
in 1956
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238010
Lust for Life
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in 1956
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283268
Magoos Puddle Jumper?
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in 1956
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279014
Michael Todd
Academy Award for Best Picture
in 1956
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281615
Miles Davis
Cookin with the Miles Davis Quintet
in 1956
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238236
Miles Davis
Miles Davis with Horns
in 1956
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238284
Miles Davis
Round about Midnight
in 1956
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238300
Olivier Messiaen
Oiseaux Exotiques
in 1956
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238006
Original Broadway Cast
The Complete Porgy and Bess
in 1956
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238235
Pat Boone
Howdy!
in 1956
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238264
Pat Boone
Pat Boone
in 1956
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238293
Patti Page
The East Side
in 1956
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238243
Patti Page
In the Land of Hi Fi
in 1956
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238266
Patti Page
Manhattan Tower
in 1956
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238280
Patti Page
You Go to My Head
in 1956
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238330
Peggy Lee
Black Coffee
in 1956
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238226
Powell
in 1956
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361022
Rosemary Clooney
Blue Rose
in 1956
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238227
Sharon Ritchie
Miss America
in 1956
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729065
Sonny Rollins
Tenor Madness
in 1956
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238317
Sonny Rollins
Work Time
in 1956
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238329
Stefan Wolpe
Symphony
in 1956
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238003
The Ames Brothers
The Ames Brothers
in 1956
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238222
The Ames Brothers
Ames Brothers Concert
in 1956
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238223
The Ames Brothers
Exactly Like You
in 1956
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238250
The Ames Brothers
Loves Old Sweet Song
in 1956
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238277
The Four Lads
On the Sunny Side of the Street
in 1956
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238291
The Hi-Los
On Hand
in 1956
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238290
The Hi-Los
Under Glass
in 1956
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238324
The King and I
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in 1956
...
277048
The Mills Brothers
Singin And Swingin?
in 1956
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238304
the World in Eighty Days
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in 1956
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280728
Thelonious Monk
The Unique Thelonious Monk
in 1956
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238325
Toshiko Akiyoshi
The Toshiko Trio
in 1956
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238321
Vagn Holmboe
Chamber concerto 13
in 1956
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238007
Woodill
in 1956
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361027
Written on the Wind
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in 1956
...
283815
Yul Brynner
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in 1956
...
277049
Albert Lamorisse
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on 1/1956
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285477
Charles A. Kading
in 1956
...
361002
J. Leroy Adair
in 1956
...
361005
Jerry J. OConnell
in 1956
...
361006
Joan Didion
University of California, Berkeley
in 1956
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743243
Joan Didion
Bachelor of Arts degree in English
in 1956
...
743244
Joan Didion
first place in an essay contest sponsored by Vogue
in 1956
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743245
John J. Eagan
in 1956
...
361008
John Jennings
in 1956
...
361009
Lubomyr Husar
Fordham University
in 1956
...
752814
Pele
Santos FC
in 1956
...
1247513
Phil English
in 1956
...
361012
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Harvard Law School
in 1956
where she was one of only 9 women in a class of about 500 men
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1023887
Sandy Adams
in 1956
...
361017
Thomas R. Underwood
in 1956
...
361018
William A. Ekwall
in 1956
...
361019
William P. Elmer
in 1956
...
361020
Pele
Santos FC
after he impressed Santos coach Lula during his trial at the Estádio Vila Belmiro
...
1247514
Pele
Corinthians de Santo André
his senior team debut Santos FC
...
1247515
Pele
had an impressive performance in a 7–1 victory
...
1247516
Morocco
France
in 1956
in
Morocco
...
1324961
Peter Tali Coleman
governor of American Samoa
in 1956
in
American Samoa
the first locally elected
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2147486396
South Africa
apartheid
in 1956
in
South Africa
the system of racial segregation
...
1324960
Gene Hackman
Faye Maltese
in 1956
...
1324169
Barbara Bush
Marvin Bush
in
Midland, Texas, U.S.
...
1254346
Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago
in 1956
in
Chicago
presenting operas in Lithuanian
...
2147500956
BankAmerica Corporation
in 1956
for the purpose of owning and operating Bank of America and its subsidiaries
...
2147493356
Batista's army
Che Guevara
in 1956
in
Cuba
immediate After landing
...
2147499131
Ben Carson
kindergarten
in 1956
in
Fisher School in Detroit
...
2147494456
Bill Russell
varsity team
in 1956
in
USF
...
2147494893
Bill Russell
Harlem Globetrotters
in 1956
due to racial prejudice and disrespect from the owner
...
2147494894
Bill Russell
NCAA championship
in 1956
in
USF
...
2147494895
Bill Russell
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
in 1956
in
NCAA championship
...
2147494896
Bill Russell
in 1956
in
St. Louis Hawks
...
2147494897
Bill Russell
high jump title
in 1956
in
Central California AAU meet
...
2147494899
Bill Russell
high jump title
in 1956
in
Pacific AAU meet
...
2147494900
Bill Russell
high jump title
in 1956
in
West Coast Relays (WCR)
...
2147494901
Bill Russell
Summer Olympics
in 1956
in
Melbourne
...
2147494902
Bill Russell
U.S. men's Olympic basketball team
in 1956
in
Melbourne
...
2147494903
Bill Russell
$24,000
in 1956
in
Boston Celtics
rookie contract
...
2147494905
Bill Russell
Rose Swisher
in 1956
...
2147494907
Bob Cousy
$25,000
in 1956
in
Boston Celtics
...
2147494906
Boston Celtics
Bill Russell
in 1956
in
St. Louis Hawks
...
2147494898
Chicago
and beneath O'Hare Airport
in 1956
...
2147500955
Cicely Tyson
Kenneth Franklin
in 1956
...
2147498764
Ford Motor Company
in 1956
...
2147489481
Hernan Siles Zuazo
President
in 1956
in
Bolivia
...
2147497065
Juscelino Kubitschek
President
in 1956
in
Brazil
...
2147497443
Melbourne
the Summer Olympics
in 1956
in
Australia
...
2147492820
the University of San Francisco
NCAA championship
in 1956
...
2147494904
Adhemar Dion
14 children
...
2147498713
Bill Russell
St. Louis Hawks
in
Boston Celtics
his first game
...
2147494892