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.