At A Glance

31 January 1956 at a glance

Day of the week
31 January 1956 was a Tuesday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“The Yellow Rose of Texas” by Mitch Miller was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
Top Film of 1956
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.
Star sign
The star sign for 31 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 January 1956 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 January 1956 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 31 January

  • 1949 These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago, United States.
  • 1951 United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted.
  • 1958 Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
  • 1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
  • 1966 The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.

Famous people born on 31 January

  • Julián Alvarez, Argentine footballer (born 2000)
  • Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1981)
  • Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1970)
  • Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (1919–1972)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1956 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1956 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 16 September – Australia's first TV station TCN-9 begins regular transmission in Sydney
  • 4 November – HSV-7 begins as Melbourne's first TV Station.
  • 5 November – The first TV station of the Australian Broadcasting Commission is launched; ABN-2 Sydney.
More events of 1956 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Australia in 1956

Prime Minister

Robert Menzies

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.04

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Average House

$4,500

Weekly Wage

$11.50

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