At A Glance

7 October 1956 at a glance

Day of the week
7 October 1956 was a Sunday.
Top Film of 1956
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.
Bestselling Novel of 1956
“Don't Go Near the Water” by William Brinkley was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1956.
Top-Rated TV Show
“I Love Lucy” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1956–57 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 7 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 October 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 October 1956 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 7 October

  • 1950 Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • 1958 The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
  • 1958 The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to Project Mercury.
  • 1959 The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
  • 1963 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Famous people born on October 7

  • Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia (born 1952)
  • Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor (born 1979)
  • Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer (born 1959)
  • John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1951)

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Events of 1956 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1956 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 24 – Doris Day records her most famous song, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"; it is from Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, in which Day co-stars with James Stewart.
  • March 15 – The Broadway musical My Fair Lady opens in New York City.
  • April 2 – The first episodes of As the World Turns and The Edge of Night are broadcast on CBS television.
More events of 1956 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1956

President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gas (per gallon)

$0.30

Loaf of Bread

$0.18

Average House

$10,000

Weekly Wage

$73

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