The Suez Crisis was a war fought by Britain, France, and Israel against Egypt beginning on 29 October 1956

1. The Suez Crisis was a war fought by Britain, France, and Israel against Egypt beginning on 29 October 1956. The attack followed Egypt's decision in 26 July 1956 to nationalise the Suez Canal, after the withdrawal of an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam which was in response to Egypt recognizing the People's Republic of China during the height of tensions between China and Taiwan.

Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious

1. Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious that sold 60,000 copies withing the first ten days of its release and remained on the New York Times best seller list for 59 weeks. "Peyton Place" has become an expression to describe a place whose inhabitants have sordid secrets.

Grace Patricia Kelly was an American Academy Award-winning actress

1. Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer, who at 16 became the first teenage model in 1966. In this same year she was named the “The Face of 1966” by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year.
2. Grace Patricia Kelly was an American Academy Award-winning actress. In April 1956 Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and was commonly referred to as Princess Grace. He died on September 14th, 1982, two months before her 53rd birthday. She lost control of her vehicle and crashed after suffering a mild stroke.

Khrushchev was one of the leaders of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

1. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was one of the leaders of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union.
2. Khrushchev's last name has only two vowels but 8 consonants.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from 12-01-1955 to 12-20-1956

1. The Montgomery Bus Boycott started on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person, and lasted until December 20, 1956, when the supreme court upheld the federal district court ruling which stated that Alabama's racial segregating laws for buses were unconstitutional.

Budapest is the capital of Hungary

1. On March 16, 1978 the Red Brigades, an extremist group that demanded Italy's withdrawal from NATO, successfully kidnapped then Prime Minister Aldo Moro. When the demands of the group were not met, The Brigades murdered Moro after 54 days.
2. Budapest is the capital of Hungary.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is an actress

1. Willie O'Ree was the first black NHL player. He made his debut for the Boston Bruins on January 18, 1958. In his entire career he had 4 goals and 10 assists, all in 1961.
2. Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is an actress, animal rights activist, fashion model, and singer. She made movies in the 1950s-60s and had a sex appeal much like Marlyn Monroe. She is most famously known for her role in the movie And God Created Women.

Disneyland (Anaheim, CA), opened to the general public on July 18, 1955

1. Those impossibly hard-to-open plastic wraps, called clamshell packaging, cause over 6,000 visits to the emergency room each year.
2. Disneyland (Anaheim, CA), opened to the general public on July 18, 1955, has the second most annual visitors at 15.9 million. Number one? Disney World (Lake Buena Vista, FL), with 17.2 million.

Elvis Preseley released his first single, "Heartbreak Hotel," in January 1956.

1. Elvis Aaron (or Arona) Presley released his first single with RCA records, "Heartbreak Hotel," in January 1956.

J.M. Barrie first introduced Peter Pan in the book "The Little White Bird"

1. The Scottish novelist J.M. Barrie first introduced the character Peter Pan in a section of the book The Little White Bird in 1902.

David "Davy" Crockett died at the Battle of the Alamo

1. David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series in 1955

1. The Brooklyn Dogers won the World Series, beating the New York Yankees in 7 games, to capture their first world series since 1900. The team moved to LA in 1957.

James Byron Dean died in 1955

1. James Byron Dean was an American film actor best known for his role in the movie "Rebel Without a Cause," died when his Porsche 550 was struck by a Ford Custom Tudor in 1955.

Albert Einstein died in 1955 at age of 76

1. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not recognize the value of industrial hemp (the durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus) and permit its production.
SOME benefits of Hemp:
-Hemp fiberboard produced by Washington State University was found to be twice as strong as wood-based fiberboard
-Hemp fiber is longer, stronger, more absorbent and more insulative than cotton fiber.
SOME countries that allow growing of industrial Hemp:
-AUSTRALIA
-CANADA
-CHILE
-CHINA
-DENMARK
-FINLAND
-FRANCE
-GERMANY
-GREAT BRITAIN
-RUSSIA
-SPAIN
2. Albert Einstein, possibly the greatest scientist of the 20th century, died in 1955 at age of 76.

"Rock Around the Clock" is one of the first mainstream Rock and Roll songs ever

1. Francis Crick was on LSD when he came up with the idea for DNA double-helix structure in 1953.
2. "Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues song that is written by Max Freedman and James E. Myers (Jimmy De Knight) in 1952. The song became famous by Bill Haley and the Comets in 1954 and is one of the first mainstream Rock & Roll songs ever.

Dien Bien Phu was a pivotal location in the battle between French and Viet Minh

1. Battle of Dien Bien Phu, name because Dien Bien Phu was a pivotal location, was a confrontation of French Union army and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries that started in 1954 and resulted in French defeat.

Dacron is the original name for the fabric polyester

1. Dacron (scientific Polyethylene terephthalate), trademarked by DuPont, is the name designated for the commonly used fabric polyester found mostly in clothing.

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor

1. Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor, doing work that expanded over 60 years from 1886-1945.

Juan Domingo Perón was a former President of Argentina

1. Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine general and politician, elected three times as President of Argentina. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1955.

Roy Marcus Cohn was the attorney for American senator Joseph McCarthy

1. Roy Marcus Cohn was the attorney for American senator Joseph McCarthy.
2. People's urine smells particularly pungent following consumption of Asparagus because Asparagus contains a sulfur compound called mercaptan (also found in cheese). The human ability to detect Mercaptan, scientific name Methanethiol, is very high and therefore it is often used in very low concentrations as an additive to odorless natural gas to help detection of leaks.

The communist bloc consisted of the 8 members of the Warsaw Pact

1. The communist bloc consisted of the 8 members of the Warsaw Pact, which was a mutual defense treaty of cooperation between the members, signed in Warsaw, Poland.
The members consisted of:
-People's Republic of Albania
-People's Republic of Bulgaria
-Czechoslovak Republic
-German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
-People's Republic of Hungary
-People's Republic of Poland
-People's Republic of Romania
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Roy "Campy" Campanella, was a catcher in the Negro Leagues and one of the first black baseball players that played in the Majors

1. Roy "Campy" Campanella, was a catcher in the Negro Leagues and one of the first black baseball players that played in the Majors, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He won 3 MVP awards in 1951, 53, and 55 seasons.

The original Standard Oil Company consisted of today's ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and considerable portion of BP

1. The word Führer means leader in German.
2. Winthrop Rockefeller is a third generation Rockefeller, the founders of the Standard Oil Company. Winthrop Rockefeller was the Republican Governor of Arkansas. In 1954 he divorced his first vife, Jievute Paulekiute Sears, (Barbara "Bobo" Paul Sears (a.k.a. Eva Paul)), resulting in a settlement of $5.5 million.
3. The Standard Oil Company, after a forced break-up because of monopoly charges, consisted of today's ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and a considerable portion of BP (British Petroleum), the fourth largest company in the world.

Prokofiev, a Russian composer, dies on March 5, 1953

1. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, a Russian composer, dies on March 5, 1953.

Nasser was the second president of Egypt starting in 1954 until his death in 1970

1. Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second president of Egypt starting in 1954 until his death in 1970.

Malenkov was the successor of Stalin

1. Lemma is a proven statement used as a stepping-stone toward the proof of another statement
2. Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov was part of the Communist party in Soviet Union and became the leader of the Soviet Union following Stalin's death for a brief time.

Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953 from a stroke

1. Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin died on 5 March 1953. The official cause of death is listed as stroke; however, many maintain to this day that he was poisoned.

George Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, died on September 26, 1952, in Rome

1. George Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, died on September 26, 1952, in Rome. He is best known for the words: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
2. The Scottish Rite is one of several Rites of the worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry.

During the 1950's-1970's Liberace was the highest paid entertainer int he world

1. During the 1950's-1970's Wladziu Valentino Liberace was the highest paid entertainer in the world, making over $1,000,000 a year just from public appearances.

Rocky Marciano became the world heavyweight champion on September 23, 1952

1. Rocky Marciano beat Jersey Joe Walcott by a knockout in the 13th round on September 23, 1952 to become the world heavyweight champion.