1956 Snapshot
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The Vibe
Pop Culture
Drive-in Movies
Slang
"Blast"
Price Check
Gas: $0.23
Notable Deaths
Jackson Pollock, Béla Lugosi
Music & Style
Rockabilly
World Affairs
Suez Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
Yearly Summary
- Global Events: The Suez Crisis erupts in Egypt. The Hungarian Uprising against Soviet rule is crushed. The Federal Aid Highway Act begins the US Interstate system.
- Culture & Mood: Elvis Presley dominates the charts with 'Heartbreak Hotel' and shocks the nation on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Fashion & Slang: Capri pants and flat shoes for women. A great party is a 'Blast.'
- Fun Fact: The first computer hard drive is invented by IBM—it was the size of two refrigerators and held only 5 megabytes of data!