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Famous Births
- Jan. 03: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- Jan. 21: Geena Davis - A League Of Their Own
- Apr. 12: Andy Garcia - Ocean's Eleven
- May 18: Bob Saget - Full House
- Jun. 23: Randy Jackson - American Idol
- Jul. 03: Montel Williams - Talk Show Host
- Jul. 09 :Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
- Dec. 10: Rod Blagojevich - Former Gov. Illinois
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Famous Deaths
- Aug. 11: Jackson Pollock - Painter
- Nov. 26: Tommy Dorsey - Bandmaster
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Chart Toppers
- Jan. 07: Tennessee Ernie - Sixteen Tons
- Jan. 14: Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This
- Feb. 18: The Platters - The Great Pretender
- Mar. 03: Kay Starr - Rock and Roll Waltz
- Mar. 24: Les Baxter - The Poor People of Paris
- May 5: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
- Jun. 23: Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind
- Aug. 04: Pat Boone - I Almost Lost My Mind
- Aug. 18: The Platters - My Prayer
- Sep. 15: Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
- Nov. 03: Jim Lowe - Green Door
- Nov. 24: Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
- Dec. 08: Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
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29th Academy Awards
- Presented on: March 27, 1957
- Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days
- Best Actor: Yul Brynner in The King And I
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia
- Best Director: George Stevens for Giant
- Best Documentary: The Silent World Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
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March 1956
- March 5: The United States Supreme Court has upheld a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities.
March 15: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway.
- March 22: Martin Luther King Jr., has been convicted of organizing an illegal boycott by black passengers of buses in the US state of Alabama.
- March 5: The United States Supreme Court has upheld a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities.
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April 1956
- April 14: Ampex Corp. demonstrated its first commercial videotape recorder
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September 25 1956
September 25: The first transatlantic telephone cable system is inaugurated by Chairman of AT&T,Cleo Craig and Her Majesty's Post Master General, Dr. Charles Hill. -
October 1956
- October 23: An anti-Stalinist revolt began in Hungary.
- October 29: Israel invades Egypt as the Suez Crisis begins.
- October 23: An anti-Stalinist revolt began in Hungary.
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November 1956
- November 4: A quarter million Hungarians are slaughtered as the Soviet Union puts an end to their anti-Stalin revolution which started on October 23.
- November 6: British and French troops have seized control of two major ports in Egypt's Suez Canal and declared a ceasefire.
- November 4: A quarter million Hungarians are slaughtered as the Soviet Union puts an end to their anti-Stalin revolution which started on October 23.
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