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1956 Page

Yes, Interstate was born in 1956. Do you wonder what else happened in 1956? We've put together a small list to show you. Sure, there's a lot more besides what we've put here, but if we put everything you'd be here forever. This will give you an idea of what was happening when Interstate Screw Corporation was born.

Celebrities Born in 1956
01/03 Mel Gibson
01/06 Rowan Atkinson
01/20 Bill Maher
02/03 Nathan Lane
02/16 James Ingram
04/12 Andy Garcia
05/17 Sugar Ray Leonard
05/17 Bob Saget
05/19 Steven Ford
06/06 Bjorn Borg
06/06 Marilyn Jones
06/11 Joe Montana
06/26 Chris Isaak
07/03 Montel Williams
07/09 Tom Hanks
07/26 Dorothy Hamill
09/16 David Copperfield
09/17 Rita Rudner
10/08 Stephanie Zimbalist
10/21 Carrie Fisher
10/23 Dwight Yoakam
11/18 Warren Moon
11/20 Bo Derek
11/20 Mark Gastineau
12/07 Larry Bird

Twelve Hit Songs From 1956
1. Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
2. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
3. Slim Whitman - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
4. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
5. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This
6. Nat King Cole - Too Young To Go Steady
7. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
8. Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly - True Love
9. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
10. The Platters - My Prayer
11. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog
12. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

Selected Major Events of 1956
1. Soviet troops march into Hungary
2. Tunisia, Sudan, and Morocco become independent
3. Suez Campaign
4. First trans-Atlantic telephone cable
5. Caravelle jet aircraft introduced
6. The Interstate Highway System is born

Sports Championships
NBA: Philadelphia Warriors vs. Ft. Wayne Pistons: 4-1
NFL: Giants vs. Ft. Bears: 7-4
Heisman Trophy: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB points: 1,066
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-1
World Series MLB: New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Series: 4-3
World Cup (First Ever!): Real Madrid vs. Stade de Reims: 4-3

Twelve Popular Movies from 1956
1. Guys and Dolls
2. The King and I
3. Trapeze
4. High Society
5. I'll Cry Tomorrow
6. Picnic
7. War and Peace
8. The Eddy Duchin Story
9. Moby Dick
10. The Searchers
11. The Bad Seed
12. Giant

Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Around the World in 80 Days"
Best Director: George Stevens - "Giant"
Best Actor: Yul Brynner - "The King and I"
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - "Anastasia"

Plays from 1956
1. My Fair Lady

Five Most Popular Novels
1. "Don't Go Near the Water"- William Brinkley. Random House
2. "The Last Hurrah"- Edwin O'Connor. Little, Brown
3. "Peyton Place"- Grace Metalious. Messner
4. "Auntie Marne"- Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press
5. "Eloise"- Kay Thompson. Simon & Schuster

Ten Most Popular Television Shows
1. I Love Lucy (CBS)
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
3. General Electric Theater (CBS)
4. The $64,000 Question (CBS)
5. December Bride (CBS)
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
7. I've Got a Secret (CBS)
8. Gunsmoke (CBS)
9. The Perry Como Show (NBC)
10. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
(The Price is Right premiered this year but didn't crack the top 10)

Some Inventions
1. CIA launches the U-2 spy plane.
2. Georges de Metral perfects Velcro.
3. John Bachus and his IBM team invent FORTRAN, the first high-level programming language.

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