[nuke rocketeer]

In 1956 (the year you were born)

Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US

101 Southern Congressmen call for massive resistance to the Supreme Court desegregation rulings

Italian liner Andrea Doria collides with Swedish liner Stockholm and sinks of Nantucket Island

An anti-Communist revolt in Hungary is crushed by Soviet troops and tanks

Suez crisis occurs in the Middle East

Elvis Presley enters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel".

Mel Gibson, Bill Maher, Joe Montana, Tom Hanks, and Larry Bird born

New York Yankees win the World Series

New York Giants win the NFL championship

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg is published

Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show

The Price is Right game show premieres

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

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In 1955 (the year you were born)

Dwight Eisenhower is president of the US

Hurricane "Diane" claims 184 lives form North Carolina to New England

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, which leads to bus segregation being declared unconstitutional

The AFL merges with the CIO, creating the nation's largest labor union

Dr. Jonas Salk discovers a vaccine for polio

The Scrabble board game debuts

Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California

Kevin Costner, John Grisham, Arsenio Hall, Steve Jobs, and Billy Bob Thornton are born

Charlie Parker, Albert Einstein, and James Dean die

Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series

Cleveland Browns win the NFL champion ship

Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is published

What Happened the Year You Were Born?

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In 1956 (the year you were born)

HA ha.. nuke.. you're old enough to be my dad. you're only 4 years younger than him. :)