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The Nation 1956
In a repeat of the 1952 election Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated the Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson in a landslide. Presidential election of 1956.
Congress passed and President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 which began the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways. The Interstate Highway System
After Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama the year before, the U.S. Supreme Court in Browder v. Gayle ends race segregation in on buses in the United States. Supreme Court ends segregation in public transportation.
Nobel prizes 1956 Physics – William Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain
The Class of 1956
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Hungarian Freedom Fighters
The World 1956
Hungarian Revolution began on October 23, 1956 as a spontaneous student demonstration against Communist Soviet control. After Communist police fired on the unarmed students the nation rose up and within a week had executed many communists and took control of the government. USSR invaded with tanks and 200,000 troops on November 4th and are taken back the government by November 11th. Hungarian Revolt
Britain gives up the Suez Canal to Egyptian control.
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The Year That Was
A retro, nostalgic multimedia journey through the years
Fiftes - Ticky Tacky - 1950s
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With the first court decisions striking down segregation much 
The Italian luxury liner 
New Soviet Leader 
