‘We are — proudly — a people with no sense of class or caste. We judge no man by his name or inheritance, but by what he does — and for what he stands.’
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Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1951
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Richard Nixon
36th. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961
World events
• Morocco declares its independence from France on March 2. • Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic March 23. • The first Lockheed U-2 spy plane flight over the Soviet Union takes place July 4. • Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal on July 26, sparking international condemnation. • The first commercial nuclear power plant
opens Oct. 17 at Calder Hall in England. • Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 29 and pushes Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. • Fidel Castro and his followers land in Cuba on Dec. 2 in the boat Granma.
U.S. News
• Elvis Presley enters the music charts
television for the first time.
“The King and I” is released.
Feb. 22, with “Heartbreak Hotel.” • Ninety-six congressmen sign the Southern Manifesto on March 12, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education) that desegregated public education. • The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens March 15 in New York City. • Videotape is first demonstrated April 14 at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago by Ampex. • The United Methodist Church in America decides at its General Conference to grant women full ordained clergy status May 2. It also calls for an end to
Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments” dominates
racial segregation in the denomination. the box office. • Elvis Presley performs “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show on June 5, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive Brooklyn Dodgers. hip movements. He would appear on “The • Cecil B. DeMille’s epic film “The Ten Ed Sullivan Show” on Sept. 9. Commandments,” starring Charlton Hes• The Flag of the United States Army is ton as Moses, is released in the United formally dedicated June 14. States on Oct. 5. It will be in the top ten • The film version of Rodgers and Hamof the worldwide list of highest-grossing merstein’s “The King and I,” starring films of all time. Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner, is released • Thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer beats June 28. It becomes the most financially grandmaster Donald Byrne on Oct. 17 in successful film version of a Rodgers and the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament (The Hammerstein musical up to that time, and Game of the Century) in New York City. the only one to win an acting Oscar. • The Supreme Court declares illegal the • Actress Marilyn Monroe marries playstate and municipal laws requiring segwright Arthur Miller on June 29. regated buses in Montgomery, Ala., thus • At New York City’s Copacabana nightending the Montgomery Bus Boycott. club, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together July 24. Movies • President Eisenhower signs a resolution • “The Ten Commandments” of Congress authorizing “In God We • “The Searchers” Trust” as the national motto July 30. • “Giant” • The hard disk drive is invented • “The King and I” Sept. 13 by an IBM • “Bus Stop” team led by Reyn• “Baby Doll” old B. Johnson. • “Forbidden Planet” • Pitcher Don • “The Bad Seed” Larsen of the New • “The Killing” York Yankees • “Moby Dick” throws the only perfect game in Music World Series histo• “Que sera sera (Whatever ry Oct. 8 in Game 5 will be will be),” Doris Day of the 1956 World • “Blueberry Hill,” Fats Series against the Domino
BORN THIS YEAR: Bo Dereck, actress (Nov. 20). Above left: Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (June 11); Anthony Bourdain, chef/TV personality (June 25); Tom Hanks, actor/filmmaker (July 9); Ann Curry, news anchor (Nov. 19).
• Income per year ..... $4,450 • Minimum wage .................. $1 • New house ............. $11,700 • New car..................... $2,050 • Gallon of gas ................... 22¢ • Gallon of milk . ................ 97¢ • Loaf of bread .................. 18¢ • First-class stamp ...............3¢ • Movie ticket .................... 52¢
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“Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel,” Elvis Presley “The Great Pretender,” The Platters “Memories Are Made of This,” Dean Martin • “Singing The Blues,” Guy Mitchell • “Just Walkin’ in the Rain,” Johnnie Ray • “My Prayer,” The Platters
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