November 21, 1956, was a Wednesday. It was 67 years, 11 months, and 24 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Scorpio.
The best-selling single on November 21, 1956 was "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley.
This date occurred 24,831 days ago. Approximately 828 months have passed. It was the 326th day of 1956, in week 47. The decade was the fifties. The start of 1957 was just 40 days away. People who were born on November 21, 1956, are now 67 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1956 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. 276 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
The date is November 21, 1956, and it's a Wednesday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Scorpio. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.
In America, it is the day before Thanksgiving and people are looking forward to tomorrow's dinner. It's November, so the evenings are getting darker and the days are getting colder. In music, the song "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley is the best-selling record at the moment.
Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and Sir Anthony Eden is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "What's My Line?", "The Jack Benny Program", "The Danny Thomas Show", and "Fury". In fashion, women are sporting chemise dresses, sheaths, sack dresses and straight-cut suits. Short boxy jackets and shift dresses are also beginning to become popular. Meanwhile, a lot of men are sporting a "Teddy Boy" style that involves leather jackets, greased-back hair, extremely narrow trousers and velvet-collared jackets. Men are also wearing formal suits as daywear.
Tailfins on cars are extremely popular at the moment. The design looks futuristic, almost like a rocket or the twin rudders on the back of an airplane. It's 1956, so radio stations and jukeboxes are playing songs from singers such as Elvis Presley, Nelson Riddle, The Platters, Gogi Grant, Les Baxter, Doris Day, Dean Martin and Kay Starr. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Humphrey Bogart would be still alive.
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Crusader Rabbit", "Winky Dink and You", "The Mickey Mouse Club", and "The Gumby Show". Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, Spinning Tops, Feed the Elephant, and Matchbox toy cars.
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People in November 1956 were watching the following TV series:
1956 saw the introduction of cars such as the 1957 Chevrolet, the Mercedes-Benz W105, the Studebaker Hawk, the Volvo Amazon, the Continental Mark II, and the Ford F-Series (third generation).
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1956.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out November 21, 1962, instead.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on November 21, 1956.
Sir Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
John A. Costello was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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