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1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1956th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 956th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1950s decade.
October 8 – Baseball pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees throws the only perfect game in World Series history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yogi Berra catches the game. Dale Mitchell is the final out. The New York Yankees win the series. Larsen is named series MVP.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were reelected, defeating for a second time Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois governor.
1956 – President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period; 1956 – The U.S. refuses to provide military support the Hungarian Revolution; 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1956 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1956 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1956 disestablishments in the United States (35 C, 11 P)
1956 Summer Olympics takes place in Melbourne, Australia Equestrian events take place in Stockholm, Sweden, due to Australian quarantine laws. USSR wins the most medals (98), and the most gold medals (37). 1956 Winter Olympics takes place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy USSR wins the most medals (16), and the most gold medals (7).
The 1956 World Sportscar Championship season opened with the 1000km of Buenos Aires, which was won by Stirling Moss and Carlos Menditeguy. [43] Olga Fernánda Fiallo Oliva de los Rosario won the Miss Dominican Republic 1956 title. Born: Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish cinematographer; in Wrocław; Died: H. L. Mencken, 75, American journalist, satirist ...
The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was a 1956 summer workshop widely considered [1] [2] [3] to be the founding event of artificial intelligence as a field. [4] The workshop has been referred to as the "Constitutional Convention of AI". [ 5 ]